As the saying goes: times make heroes.

In other words: it's not people looking for things, it's things looking for you. Either you will be crushed or you will get ahead.

As the saying goes, "When a man sits at home, evil comes from heaven." "That's right.

Xiong Chu is not a person who takes the initiative to find trouble, but a person who avoids trouble as much as possible.

For example, this time, in order to avoid accidents, Prince Xiong specially hid in the barracks of the Imperial Tomb Guard, and waited for the second major sacrifice on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month before leaving quietly.

Every morning, noon and evening, three incense sticks are placed in front of the tombstone inscribed by Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, and the Xiong Chu does not dare to go anywhere. It's just the fear of being noticed by others and causing a lot of trouble.

But the reality is that no matter how much you hide, it's useless, and what should come is always coming.

However, this time it was too ferocious, and once the army of more than 100,000 homeless people swept over, there would be absolutely nothing left around the entire Fengyang.

After listening to Mo Jiuniang's briefing, Xiong Chu couldn't find a good way for a moment.

If you want to deal with the army's attack, you can only come forward with the army, but Xiong Chu has no army in his hands.

Even if there is an army, it is thousands of miles away, and it is difficult to fight the fire from far water, everyone knows this truth.

Although the overall combat effectiveness of the Displaced Rebels is not strong, they are outnumbered.

Moreover, the more places the rebels breached, the more displaced people joined the army, and the larger the number of troops became, and it was simply invincible.

While he was hesitating, the sky was already bright, and the second detailed news of the scouts in the dark line finally came, and things became clearer.

"Lord Qiqi: At present, it has been thoroughly ascertained that the rebel army that broke through Yingzhou is composed of the eight kings Zhang Xianzhong and Lao Hui Ma Shouying, with a total strength of more than 70,000 people and more than 10,000 forward troops. ”

Yin Mengao, the governor of Yingzhou, led more than 3,600 people to collapse at the touch of a button, and Yin Mengao was killed. The Eight Great Kings Zhang Xianzhong and Lao Hui Ma Shouying occupied Yingzhou, dozens of squires with blood debts and public anger were killed, and more than ten people from the Yingzhou Academy of the Donglin Party were killed. ”

"More than 20,000 people from the two divisions of King Sweeping and King Taiping broke through Maozhou, and they basically had no military discipline, so there was a lot of chaos there. All the squires were wiped out, and none of the people in the academy and yamen survived, and more than 4,000 people were killed. ”

"The vanguard of Zhang Xianzhong and Ma Shouying has crossed Yingzhou and is speeding towards our side. The leader will be the second king Zhang Jinjia, Zhang Xianzhong's great-godson Zhang Kewang (Sun Kewang), with a total strength of about 6,000 people. ”

Xiong Chu waved his hand: "You go down, let the brothers avoid the soldiers of the rebel army as much as possible, just observe the movement from a distance, and don't have accidental casualties." ”

After the scouts withdrew, Mo Jiuniang was a little worried: "Brother, Zhang Xianzhong and Ma Shouying have both worked in the border army, and they know a little about the art of war, but they are not easy to deal with." Especially this old Hui Hui Ma Shouying, who is almost the same as Sai Cao Cao Luo Rucai, is a scheming person. Why don't you go first, and I'll stay here and see what I can do?"

Xiong Chu shook his head: "Let's go, here is my ancestral grave, where can I go? Since I have recognized my ancestors and returned to my ancestors, I am a descendant of the Zhu family." If I run away like this, I am sorry for my ancestors, and I am even more sorry for my conscience. ”

"Jiu Niang, you quickly order Chang Delin and Tang Da to inform the governor Yan Rongxuan and the guard general Zhu Guoxiang separately, so that they can immediately prepare to meet the enemy. I'm looking for a shrewd brother to deliver a letter for me. ”

Speaking of this, Xiong Chu went to the counter to find Mr. Bookkeeper's pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and quickly wrote a letter to Mo Jiuniang: "Find a brother and hurry west to meet him and hand over this letter." This is what I wrote to Zhang Xianzhong, hoping that he would look at the brotherhood of the past and not disturb Fengyang City. ”

Mo Jiuniang was still a little skeptical when she took the letter: "Is a letter useful?" I think Zhang Xianzhong and they are bound to win, and the target of the attack is determined, and the army has been opened, which shows that Zhang Xianzhong and the others have a detailed battle plan, it should be impossible to be blocked by a letter, and it is impossible for anyone to stop the army because of a letter."

"Because Zhang Xianzhong and they have just broken through the encirclement now, and there are enemies on all sides. Once the troops are stagnant and let the officers and troops behind them catch up, it will be a catastrophe. This is a critical moment related to the life and death of more than 100,000 of them, and Zhang Xianzhong and Lao Hui Ma Shouying will not know the stakes. ”

Xiong Chu nodded: "I didn't expect this letter to retreat 100,000 troops, but I just hope that after Zhang Xianzhong sees the letter, he suspects that Zhongdu City is ready to meet the enemy." If they are made to hesitate a little, they can buy a certain amount of time for the officers and soldiers defending the city to react. ”

Mo Jiuniang turned around and went out to find the person who delivered the letter, and Xiong Chucai said to Yan Erniang and Mandaili: "Erniang, Daili, let's go and secretly inspect the preparations of the city defense army, see what preparations they have, and then act at the opportunity." ”

Mo Jiuniang's worries were really reasonable.

The scouts galloped west for one hundred and eighty miles with two horses, and finally saw Zhang Xianzhong's vanguard in the afternoon of the same day.

This is a cavalry force coming slowly, about two thousand in number, and the distance is still three miles.

The scouts did not continue to advance, but quickly erected a large banner with black letters on a white background that had been prepared long ago according to the instructions of Prince Xiong: "The messenger of the deceased, send a letter to Brother Zhang Xianzhong." ”

It didn't take long for three fast horses to rush from the opposite side, and the three knights on horseback were all short-handled swords in their hands. The guy who rushed to the front shouted: "Who are you, dare to call our king by his name arrogantly?"

The scout took out a letter from his bosom and said, "Whether it is arrogant or not, this is not something you can tell. I have here a letter written by the old man of Hangu Pass, Qinglong Mountain, and Fengling Ferry, please take me over and hand it over to your king in person. ”

At this moment, the enemy's army had slowly approached, and a general with a long beard and a big felt hat shouted angrily: "Why are the people in front blocking the road of the army, what is going on?"

A banner more than one foot high is waving in the wind, and everyone can see it, which is knowingly asked.

"Report to the second king: This kid is flying a flag, and he actually calls the king by his name. ”

As soon as the scouts heard it, they knew that the so-called second king was Zhang Jinjia, and it turned out that he was the one who commanded the elite cavalry. It seems that the leader of the three or four thousand infantry behind should be Zhang Kewang.

Zhang Kewang's real name is Sun Kewang, he is Zhang Xianzhong's first godson, and he loves it very much, so he gave the surname Zhang and became Zhang Kewang.

The scout knew very well in his heart that Zhang Kewang was pampered and arrogant, arrogant, and no one could command anyone except Zhang Xianzhong.

If he fell into the hands of Zhang Kewang, the scout soldiers were really worried that their mission of delivering the letter would not be completed.

Therefore, for the words of the second king, Zhang Jinjia, the scout chose to ignore it and did not continue to speak.

The second king, Zhang Jinjia, didn't seem to be in a good mood, so he seemed very impatient: "Since he is so rude, I will arrest him and send it to the camp in the back to hand it over to the king, and the army will continue to advance!"

The scouts who were active around Xiong Chu were all disciples of the Flying Squirrel Gate, that is, the subordinates of Peng Wuying, Mr. Peng Er, and they were all characters who had seen strong winds and waves, and they were also considered a role when they were taken out and put on the rivers and lakes.

Hearing that the enemy was about to take him away, the scout took the letter in his arms and jumped off his horse, waiting for the enemy to come and kidnap them.

While the scouts were being kidnapped here, the bear prince was faced with a problem that made him wonder greatly.

Leaving Mo Jiuniang in Mingxi Tower, waiting for news from the scout camp at any time. Xiong Chu took Yan Erniang and Mandeli shopping, Chang Delin took eight personal soldiers as guides, and the twelve female soldiers of the White Phoenix Guard were two women's followers.

The group was conspicuous everywhere they went, but it didn't attract so much attention. After all, this is the middle capital, which belongs to the territory of the princes and nobles.

Yan Erniang, Mandeli and the female soldiers were in charge of shopping, and Xiong Chu was in charge of observing the various situations in the city.

But along the way, apart from seeing three patrol groups, no other city guards were found.

It was only when he walked to the Dushan Gate in the north that Xiong Chu saw four soldiers guarding the city gate. There is a small barracks fifty zhang away on the right-hand side of the city gate, and there is a sound of guessing and punching orders from inside, indicating that they are drinking.

He was about to go to the west to see the situation, but the bear prince suddenly found a group of people entering the city, which immediately confused him.

It may be an exaggeration to say that it is a group of people, but in fact it is more than a dozen people.

Zhongdu City has always been prosperous and lively, and more than a dozen people entering the city should not have made Prince Xiong wonder. But it was a group of people who came in today, and Xiong Chu couldn't be confused.

Three monks, five Taoist priests, six merchants with horses, plus two beggars.

Beggars don't have festivals, and Taoist priests and monks can also travel all over the world, but it's strange that there are six merchants.

Today is the thirteenth day of the Lunar New Year, and the central capital is preparing for the Lantern Festival, and the shops are not open for business at all, how can there be people doing business?

"Delin, you are all locals, do you know these businessmen? Don't keep an eye on them, lest you attract the attention of others. ”

Instead of staring at the people who were entering the city, the bear prince looked at a few children on the side of the street who were setting off firecrackers.

Chang Delin didn't even look at it and said: "Master, don't stare at it, these are not locals, because their accents are not right." It's really strange, the inn hasn't opened yet, how can anyone go out so early for business?"

Xiong Chu walked to Chang Delin's side and said in a low voice: "Tell the four brothers to follow quietly, see where these people have settled, and then hurry back to the inn to report to Jiu Niang." ”

If it was said that when he was at the north gate, the bear prince was still a little confused, and when he came to the west gate, the bear prince had already found that something was wrong.

Three groups of people came in from the west in a row, all beggars, monks, Taoist priests, merchants, and of course, people who seemed to be relatives, but Chang Delin quickly understood that the accent was wrong.

The most outrageous thing is that when it was close to evening, Prince Xiong had already come to the vicinity of the east gate, and he saw more than 60 people coming in once, the same people of all colors, and six batches came in before and after.

Walking all the way back, Xiong Chu asked Yan Erniang in a low voice: "Erniang, have you calculated, how many similar people have we found entering the city?"

Yan Erniang nodded: "From the north gate, there are more than 500 people we have seen alone. In general, there are fewer people at the north gate, the west gate and the south gate, but the east gate has the most people coming in. ”

"According to my previous experience of collecting information in Wangxiang City and Wanfulou, all these people came from the wrong way, and I suspect that they are all spies of the Wandering Rebels. They mainly came in through the east gate, just to make the troops defending the city ignore the west side, and the typical sound was to attack the west. ”

Xiong Chu shook his head: "You didn't get to the point. If it's a spy, there is no need for hundreds of people, this should be someone who is ready to cooperate with the outside. ”

"Xianggong is right, the number of spies is too large to cause accidents. Yan Erniang's face began to look bad: "It can be seen that Zhang Xianzhong's siege battle is ready to fly, what should we do?"

Xiong Chu's face was also gloomy and terrifying: "I have already seen the entire Zhongdu City just now, the Fengyang defenders are weak, and the remaining division only has about 4,000 troops in the four guards, and there should be no more than 1,000 people in the imperial city." This matter is not trivial, let's talk about it back at the inn. ”

Unexpectedly, when he returned to the inn and heard another news, Xiong Chu suddenly felt that he had fallen into an ice cave.

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