Zhu Qing said unhurriedly on the side, "Anren is really important, you have to pass through here from the south to the north.

It is almost a hundred miles from any of the surrounding counties to this city, and whether it is a traveler or a merchant, he must stop or replenish in this county."

He said and looked at a few pairs of eyes around him: "Zhu sold livestock back then, and he has a personal experience of this."

"Brother Dan, what are your plans to be interested in Anren?" Han An asked.

Li Dan didn't answer this question immediately, but muttered something to himself, paced a few steps and stood still, and suddenly asked, "Zhu Siwei (Zhu Qing is still nominally the "marching secretary" of the Tsing Yi team) has been to Anren? By water, or by land?"

"I have traveled by water and land, and I have spent the night in the city to rest and pay taxes."

"Anren, this place is rich in population? What is the topography like? Tell me about it." Li Dan said as he pulled over a stool and sat down, asking everyone to sit around the map as well.

He also asked Zhong Siqi and Li Biao to invite Master Ba, Zhao Jingzi, Liu She, Yang Dayi and Ma Jiu's uncle and nephew, Zhang Bo, Liu Hongsheng and Chen Sanwen respectively, and listened and discussed together in the name of "Yu Gan is coming, everyone gathers".

Tell Mao Zai to fetch two bottles of Fengquan, and tell the kitchen to find some side dishes to drink or go to a nearby restaurant or food stall to buy ready-made.

Seeing this, everyone understood that this was to discuss matters in the name of receiving the wind for Han and Zhu, and immediately got up to help.

Those who carry the table carry the table, and those who look for chairs and stools find chairs and stools, and get busy. Han An pulled Li Dan aside and asked softly:

"Brother Dan, what are you going to do here, why are you suddenly interested in An Ren for no reason? I also found so many people to come over, did I accept that picture first, and saw more people, okay?"

At that time, it was very sensitive, and not everyone could have it. is not an official eunuch or military status, and if you are not sued for ulterior motives, you can even be accused of rebellion.

After all, Han An has suffered losses, and he was bitten by a snake for ten years and was afraid of the well rope.

"Sir, don't worry, these are all their own brothers, fighting together on the battlefield, they are used to this thing." Seeing Li Dan say this, Han An nodded, but he was still a little apprehensive in his heart.

Li Dan called all his own cronies, leaving only Lin Shuntang, Gao Monk and Luo You, a few of whom were not very familiar with Yu Gan to lead the team on the school field, and the rest came one after another. The house could not sit and the light was poor, and the tables and chairs were arranged in the courtyard courtyard.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Li Dan took Han An and Zhu Qing out to meet everyone. Those who know each other greet each other, and those who don't know each other are introduced one by one.

Han An looked at everyone full of energy, and a few of them were more serious in wearing arrow sleeves and armor, and they all had the posture of a bear and a tiger with their swords and swords, and they couldn't help but be surprised that everyone's mental outlook had changed so much in the past two months.

Everyone sat down, and the wine was poured, but they all looked at the front of no one to hold the lamp. Han An was wondering, seeing Li Dan get up, everyone stood up, and Han An hurriedly got up.

Li Dan pressed his hand face down to let everyone sit down, and then said, "The reason why I invited the brothers here today is because Mr. Han and Zhu Siwu came here from this county to visit, so they specially set up a banquet and invited everyone to come and catch the wind for the two of them.

In addition, under the notice, there was a road of thieves under the leadership of Qu Shuai Yang He, Yang Xing and his son into Fuzhou, and now occupy Luxi, Jinxi, and Dongxiang, not long ago Yang Xing defeated the official army near Huangxi Town, and entered Anren, peeking north at Huangbu."

"What? The thief has arrived in Huangbu?" Because Li Dan instructed him to keep it secret in advance, the people who came to the table didn't know about it, especially a few Yu cadres who were surprised when they heard about it!

"Oh, isn't that already on our doorstep?" Zhang Cymbals widened their eyes and screamed.

Next, Li Dan said that the surrounding area has been unstable recently, and the county Zun hopes that everyone (in fact, Fan Taizun just wants him to go back) will return as soon as possible, and then roughly introduces the Qiu Tianlu army before and after the defeat that he has heard. Everyone at the table frowned and did not speak.

"10,000 officers and soldiers, just gone?" Zhao Jingzi slapped the table angrily: "Corpse vegetarian meal, those bastards in Nanchang City!"

Han An had already noticed the yellow belt around his waist, but he understood this last descendant of the royal family very well

Angry, he couldn't help but sigh softly.

"The trouble is that a big defeat will seriously affect the morale of the officers and soldiers, and I am afraid that it will be even more difficult to fight in the field in the future." Yang shook his head.

"Hey, just now the defense said that the prefectural commander of Dongxiang was captured. So, Anren's magistrate?" Chen Sanwen somehow suddenly noticed this detail.

"I haven't heard of it." Zhu Qing shook his head: "We heard the news on the way here was very chaotic, some people said that he had descended, some people said that he died. In short, there are different theories." Stop and stop and add:

"If you want to say that this county is still very young, just ...... Zhao Sima is almost the same age. I saw him go to work in Anren, and the gentry of the city came to the dock to greet him, and he was really talented in a Confucian shirt.

If you just let the thieves kill you, tsk, it's a pity!"

"Oh, Secretary Zhu has been to Anren before, so I want to ask him to give us a detailed introduction to that city. You might as well listen while drinking, and ask if you don't understand anything. Come, Mr. Zhu, please come to the front."

Li Dan invited, but Zhu Qing was embarrassed to stand over, and hurriedly waved his hand to say that he would stand in his current position and tell everyone about it. Li Dan left it to him.

"Anren City, oh, is on the edge of the Xin River. The east and south of the city are on high ground, and the west and north are relatively flat. From Yugan is Baima, then Yangbu, Huangbu, and then twenty miles ahead is Anren."

"Mr. Zhu, how many miles are there from Yugan to Anren?" Zhao Jingzi asked.

"Baili. Yugan to Yangbu, Huangbu, and Anren, all of them are more than 20 miles in between, almost less."

"Okay, please continue." Zhao Jingzi used a pencil to quickly record on the paper, and Han An looked at the pen that didn't need to add ink across the table, not knowing how it could write words.

"There are seven gates in Anren, two leading to the wharf, three on the mountain, and the two gates on land are the south gate and the arch gate in the north."

"Is there a moat?" Zhao Jingzi asked again.

"Nope. There are two rivers to rely on in the north and south. There are wooden bridges outside the south gate and the southwest gate, called Wuyi Bridge and Wanke Bridge respectively, and there are also two bridges outside the north gate, Jinfeng Bridge in the west and Xima Bridge in the east." Zhu Qing said:

"To the west is the Jinjiang (Xinjiang), there are two wharves in the south and north, the north wharf is outside the Guanlan Gate at the West Gate, and the berths are all merchant ships.

This is the earliest wharf in the county, but the place between the wharf and the city wall is narrow and cramped, so passenger ships and official ships go to the south wharf.

The south wharf is outside the Mengjin Gate in the southwest, more than 700 steps away from the city wall, but it is not far from the city to enter the county government. Repair a stone pavement, quite magnificent. For example, when Zhou Zhixian arrived, he disembarked at ......the South Wharf and entered the Mengjin Gate."

Zhu Qing introduced it very carefully, and he never tired of asking anyone's questions, and his gentle patience aroused the favor of many people.

「…… However, although the circumference of the city wall was four miles, there were only six or seven thousand inhabitants in the county, and the rest were foot merchants and resting guests.

As a result, there is a lot of open space in the city, especially in the eastern part of the city. Shops and residents crowd both sides of the street, from the Temple of Wealth to the prefectural school. The western part of the city is flat, and most of them are residential areas......."

「…… There are abandoned Taoist temples in the east of the city, and the names are not available. There is a dilapidated ancient temple at the south end of the city, it is said that it was built in Sui, built by the mountain, and there is a Tang pagoda and a Buddhist hall now.

The stone mound behind the temple is the highest point in the city, and the stupa on it can look around for twenty or thirty miles.

I was invited by a friend to visit. The temple is located in an important location, with the Mengjin Gate on the west side and the main road leading to ......the South Gate at the foot of the mountain in the southeast."

"The Xinjiang River flows here to form two big sandbanks, the one outside the Mengjin Gate is opposite to the Tang Tower, so it is called Tazhou, and the one outside the West Gate is called Zhongzhou.

Zhongzhou occupies a vast area, there are two villages on it, and during the dry season every year, you can wade through the river to reach the upper ferry port on the opposite bank, and during the wet season, the Jinjiang River rushes from the river to the Xiaoxin River on the other side, and then you have to take a boat if you want to cross the river.

Because of these two sandbars, the water of the Jinjiang River flows through Anren upstream, and the further downstream it goes, the gent......ler it gets."

He talked eloquently, and later Li Dan asked Mao Zai and Zhong Siqi to take the wooden frame where the map was originally hung, replace it with new paper, let him draw a rough map, and then point to the map

Then the crowd will understand better.

Han An somewhat understood why Li Dan wanted to get that map at this time, it seemed that there was no such thing in the march and battle, and he couldn't even understand the order.

When Zhu Qing finished speaking, Li Dan led the crowd to applaud. Although Zhu Qing had experienced military training before, he was still a little unaccustomed to it after two months, so he blushed, smiled, waved his hands and said, "I can't afford it, I can't afford it!"

"Everyone is done, what do you brothers think?" Li Dan asked with a smile.

"Defensive, but you want to say that my way home is stuck?" Yang Dayi frowned: "If we can't get through here, we have to take a detour back to Yugan over there for ten thousand years, right?"

"That's a problem." Li Dan nodded: "That's what Mr. Han said, there is a thief in the yard of the neighbor across the door, do you say it's bad?" But that's not all!" Li Dan looked at everyone:

"If An Ren has been so occupied by thieves, he can come to Yu Gan whenever he wants to grab a handful, so is there any peace of mind?" After speaking, he looked at the crowd, saw that most of them were nodding, and then continued:

"Besides, our manor is in the White Horse Temple, and they have arrived in Huangbu. That means the manor is already dangerous, the infantry can kill the manor in two days, and the horse team can kill the manor in one day."

"Besides, I thought that I would hand over the mission to do some business and business, so that everyone can have a serious business and income. These have all been discussed with Chen Sanlang." Li Dan nodded at Chen Sanwen:

"But now that they are stuck in the neck, the minerals and materials in Fuzhou and Jianchang can't come through, not to mention, our trade routes to Shangrao and Shaowu have also been cut off.

Not only that, but I am worried that the Yang family father and son will collude with lake bandits and mine bandits. If the thief grows bigger, Dexing and Leping's copper, iron, black lead, and ash powder will not be able to pass, and even how Wu Maocai and Heimu will return in the future will be a problem!

Fan Xianzun is so worried that he can't sleep or eat all day long, so he specially invited Mr. Han and Mr. Zhu to come to me with his handwritten letters, saying that I heard that our Tsing Yi team has made meritorious contributions outside, and I hope we will not forget the father and old folks of Yu Gan."

"San Lang, why don't we call back?" Gu Da immediately jumped up and said when he heard this.

"No, we're here to serve, and we're not playing tricks!" Yang Yi pulled him to sit down and looked around: "It's not a matter of one or two people to go back, and if the movement is too loud, it is called injustice if the rest of the people are evading service."

We have to think of a proper way to keep the government speechless. Of course, if tomorrow the government says that we don't need to do it, and tells us to disband and go home, it will be great. But this is not possible.

But...... Defense, I don't think the brothers who are not in the conscription can go back first?" He was referring to those soldiers who had surrendered to the army, such as Liu She, as well as the Judge brothers, Master Ba or Zhao Jingzi.

"Do you think your subordinates can do it the other way around?" Liu She's eyes lit up, leaned forward and said, "It doesn't matter who serves here for the government, the key is the number of people. Just keep the number of them the same.

If we don't wait for you to take your name and stay in the service, you can get out and go back to your hometown to protect the land and the people. If you buy off the officials of the garrison again, you don't know what to do?"

"Hah, why bother? Actually, I also came with someone else's name!" Gu Da's words caused the audience to burst into laughter.

Li Dan and Han An looked at each other, and they both felt that this method was feasible. When they came back this time, the whole team was more numerous than they actually were, and the reason was that they brought back more than 200 soldiers and leaders at all levels who were unwilling to leave Li Dan's command after they were reformed.

Therefore, Li Dan ordered Huang Qin, Shen Jie, and Feng Shen to set up a small village in Lion Rock with the bow team and the detective team respectively, not only to conduct field training, but also to cover up the extra personnel in this part.

"That's it, I'm biased towards my brothers!" Li Dan thanked him. He decided to give priority to the selection of the first batch of people from Raozhou to join the group training, and take these people back first. ap.

Fortunately, the general service will not exceed three months, and soon there should be a rotation of people's husbands to arrive and let the first person go back to hand over the errand, so Liu She and the others will endure it for another half a month at most.

When the matter was decided, everyone immediately began to prepare. Dan Li, Da Gu, Yi Yang, Cymbal Zhang, Hongsheng Liu, Dayi Yang, Baozi Xie and Chen

Sanwen (he was not on the service list and came with him voluntarily) will leave, followed by Zhao Jingzi, the trial brothers, Wan Siyou, Zhou Tu and Liao Sanqing.

Among the people left behind are Song Jiuyi, Master Ba, Li Biao, Huang Qin, Su Bitou, Han Si, Liu She (Tie Linglong), Gao Hanzi (monk), Luo You (right hook), Lin Shuntang, Xin Chi, Wei Zhou'er, etc., with Liu She as the main body, Master Ba as the auxiliary, and Song Jiuyi and Gao Hanzi as the left and right deputies.

After that, Li Dan prepared a gift to see Mr. Cai, showed him Fan Xianzun's letter, and presented the gift.

When Mr. Cai heard that several of his brothers would go back with him to prepare to participate in the city defense group training, his face became difficult, but he immediately heard that a replacement had been arranged, and he promised that the number of people had not been reduced, so as not to cause him trouble.

Not only accepted the gift, but also was able to form a fate with the civil official, Cai was always happy to let go of the favor, and gave Fan County a letter to the order, and expressed Li Dan's credit and gratitude to Yu Gan.

Then Li Dan introduced Liu She to Cai Jiang, and by the way, he learned from him that the servants to be replaced in the next round of Raozhou had been assembled in ten thousand years.

Back at the station, Li Dan sent people to invite Xiao Wanhe, Zhou Qin and Tan Zhongxuan to come over and talk.

"What did you say? Luxi fell, Jinxi and Dongxiang also fell?" The three of them sat down and heard this thunderbolt on a sunny day, and they were immediately dumbfounded.

Xiao Wanhe is okay, at most he can't go back to Ji'an because the road is impassable, but Zhou Qin and Tan Zhongxuan's hometown is already in the midst of the war, and they can't sit still immediately.

"You want to go back? So what do we do?"

After listening to Li Dan's thoughts, the three of you look at me, and I look at you.

"Li Sanlang, you're not kidding? With 200 men, you want to take Anren back?" Tan Zhongxuan looked at him in disbelief: "Even if you have the ability, I think it's still too light, right?"