Section 232 River crossing

Some time ago, when Long Xiaomo lived in March Spring, Yousha stood guard at Long Xiaomo's door every day, which made Yang Yuting feel a lot of pressure, which was also one of their main conflicts between husband and wife. And when you sleep during the day, it is very casual, anyway, it is a lump of falling to the ground, and the shape is also very random, sometimes it is a lump of mud, sometimes it becomes something else, which makes Long Xiaomo very depressed.

In this warm spring in March, the group drove the donkey all the way to Chang'an.

In the south of the Yangtze River in early spring and March, it is the most beautiful time, and the warblers and swallows are full of flowers along the way. But there was no smile on the faces of the ordinary people in Jiangnan. This is also normal, Li Jing and Fu Gongshi are fighting fiercely in the Jiangnan area. And the people around it are miserable.

The situation of the Tang army is a little better, after all, the Guanzhong region can continuously supply military rations. Therefore, Tang Jun maintained a good discipline. And Fugongshi's team is also restrained, after all, he is a local armed force, if the battle is won, the Jianghuai region will be the barrier he relies on, so he still has to pretend to love the people like a son. However, those servant systems of Fugongshi, that is, the actual managers of various cities, all have the mentality of grass on the wall, and have the mentality of grabbing a handful in this era of war and chaos. And the grain and grass of these small warlords cannot be supplied by Fugong Shi, and what they are given is already solved on the spot.

The so-called solution on the spot, that is, robbery, the official spoke, we won't say anything, even if it is a handful, the rebels will rob the local people like locusts. The people who were robbed always had to live, so some people picked up knives and began to rob others, and the whole society was dissolved into robbers and robbers.

Long Xiaomo took his two big mule carts, and he could encounter robbers almost every day in the first two days. Almost every ten miles you walk, you will encounter a gang of robbers. At the beginning, Long Xiaomo went out to deal with it, but later he was skinny. didn't even show up, leaving the three guys to deal with it.

The three guys assigned to him by Xiong Sanpao are also very powerful, they are all Xiong Sanpao's old subordinates when he was in Luoyang, they are called Iron Head, Steel Bullet, and Copper Hammer, and their names are hard, and things are done harder.

Under normal circumstances, there is a group of robbers in front of them, and someone must have twisted their eyebrows, stuck their waists, and shouted loudly with a small knife in their hands: "I opened this mountain, this tree... Before he finished speaking, a steel bullet would be thrown at the neck of the person who shouted the incision, smashing a bone and breaking tendons. The Hammer would then hold one of his large brass hammers, and a ground-mounted cannon would smash it at the robbers. The robbers, who had been fatally struck, began to flee in all directions, and then the Iron Head would catch up and perform the Iron Head Gong unrelentingly, killing them one by one like kowtow worms. The robbers will basically be cleaned up in a single incision.

This robber is basically a semi-professional level, so Long Xiaomo basically watches the show with melon seeds. Of course, there are also some unsightly robbers who plan to come and attack at night. Normally, it is a group of masked bandits, holding things in their hands, and they didn't even cover their faces, so they took advantage of the dark moon and high wind to cover up and kill. But every time they are about to approach, they will step on something soft under their feet, and before they can figure it out,

You will be wrapped in buns by the Ghost and dragged underground. After a while, he saw the ghost coming out of the ground, and began to wear the clothes that Long Xiaomo bought for him, muttering while wearing them, it was really annoying, and he had to wear clothes every time he had a meal.

In this way, Long Xiaomo walked leisurely for two days, and on this day, they approached Danyang, which was later known as Nanjing. This is the forward position of the confrontation between the Tang army and the Fugongshi army, so those who usually rob the road have also disappeared. This is probably the so-called people not fighting with officials.

Long Xiaomo didn't want to cause trouble, so he bypassed the place where the two armies faced each other from a distance. At this time, Long Xiaomo encountered another trouble-hungry people.

Jiangnan was originally a rich land, but it couldn't stand the back and forth tossing of officers and soldiers like this.

Long Xiaomo had the heart to give them a little of the treasure in the car, but the treasure couldn't solve their problem, so Long Xiaomo gave them the dry food he carried.

Long Xiaomo's heart was a little soft, and when she divided it, she didn't have much dry food in her hand. And Yang Yuting was born with a flood of maternal love, and said to Long Xiaomo: "Why don't we go where to give them some food." ”

Long Xiaomo looked at Yang Yuting's eyes and thought of the scene when they first met in Tongguan Town. Long Xiaomo kissed Yang Yuting's face lightly and said, "Okay, let's go to Fugongshi tonight to have an autumn breeze." Borrow some food and come out. ”

Yang Yuting said: "Are you a mule? Even if you can enter the granary of Fugongshi, how much grain can you carry out?"

Long Xiaomo said: "I'm not a mule, at night, I'm a donkey, you don't know this." ”

Yang Yuting turned her head and said, "I hate it, have you been a little serious in your day?"

Long Xiaomo said: "Yes, although I am not a mule, we have a mule." Long Xiaomo snorted at Yousha and said, "Look at such a big man, guess how much grain he can transport." ”

Yang Yuting clapped her hands and said, "Yes, yes." ”

Long Xiaomo turned around and asked Tietou, do you know where the granary of Fugongshi near here is?

Tietou nodded and said: "I know that the nearest granary of Fugongshi is in Anchang Town, which is only more than thirty miles away from here, but it is on the other side of the Yangtze River, and it was not very convenient in the past. ”

Long Xiaomo said: "Then we are going to burn this granary tonight, which can be regarded as a great favor for Li Jing." Iron Head, you now drive the two cars into a col. ”

Iron Head said, "Okay. So he drove the wagon into a nearby col. Looking back, Qingsi and Yang Yuting were eager to try. Long Xiaomo blocked them and said, "You are all waiting here." Can't you tell which of our carloads of red goods is more important than the other? ”

After finishing speaking, Long Xiaomo took advantage of the moonlight to rush towards Anchang Town. Long Xiaomo didn't take this matter to heart at the beginning, thinking about the distance of more than thirty miles, that is, going and returning, but when Long Xiaomo walked to the edge of the Yangtze River, he realized that he was wrong.

Long Xiaomo saw the Yangtze River for the first time. Originally, Long Xiaomo thought

No matter how wide the Yangtze River is, it is the same level as the Grand Canal, but when Long Xiaomo saw the Yangtze River, he knew what it was called a moat, which was called a wave of water, rushing down.

At this time, it was the time when the two armies were facing each other, there was not a boat on the river, Long Xiaomo was a little confused when he looked at this situation, and he thought about going back, but he thought that what was waiting for him in the car was the contemptuous gaze of Yang Yuting and Qingsi.

Long Xiaomo turned around and asked Yousha: "Do you know how to swim?" I didn't expect Yousha, who usually wilted, to shake his head like a rattle at this time, it seems that this thing is really afraid of water.

Long Xiaomo looked around, if he used the dragonfly to point water, it would be easy to cross the river, but when he came back, who could bring back the grain?

There were a large number of ships next to it, but they were all Tang Army's warships, and Long Xiaomo didn't want to deal with Li Jing's serious dead face.

Fortunately, Long Xiaomo is an optimist, since we can't find a boat, let's just walk on the side, maybe when can we find a way?

Thinking of this, Long Xiaomo took a leisurely bend by the river. This will just fall into the night, there is only a white mist on the river, and the damp river wind blows on his face, Long Xiaomo feels quite comfortable.

Long Xiaomo put her hands in front of her mouth and shouted in boredom: "Did I say there is a boat on the river? ”

As soon as Long Xiaomo's words fell, he saw two lights flashing on the river. Long Xiaomo thought that his eyes were spent, so he blinked, and asked the ghost next to him: "I said fat boy, did you see the flashing lights on the river just now?"

"I see." There are boats. ”

Long Xiaomo put his hands together and said, "Here, here, we have to cross the river, please take the ferry, it's not bad for money." ”

Seeing that the light was even more obvious in the night, there was a small canopy boat rowing out of the fog, and an old man stood tremblingly on the bow of the boat, and said, "Hey, you are not an officer and soldier, are you?"

Long Xiaomo put on a rogue posture and said, "Look at my appearance from head to toe. ”

The old man said, "Then I'll be relieved." The old man rocked the boat to the shore. As soon as the ship docked, twenty or thirty people, large and small, disembarked from the boat. Long Xiaomo was a little confused at that time, how could so many people be squeezed into such a small broken boat. Looking at the people who disembarked from the boat, they were all ragged, carrying large boxes and small burdens, and they looked like people fleeing the famine.

Long Xiaomo was still making stupid acquaintances, and those people ran past Long Xiaomo's side in a hurry.

Long Xiaomo said in his heart: "Together with the war, these are poor people who have left their hometowns. Seeing that everyone was almost gone, Long Xiaomo said to the old man: "I'll just go over, how much is it?"

The old man glanced at him and said contemptuously: "Ten taels of silver each, and the big man behind you has to receive fifteen taels." ”

Long Xiaomo said: "I'll wipe it, you might as well grab it." "Fifteen taels of silver was almost a year's income for the family at that time. Long Xiaomo was either reluctant to give up the money, or felt that this old man was too hateful.