"It's been very chaotic outside recently. After the spring plowing, I stayed at home. When a large army passed by, they retreated to the fort. When they met bandits, they looked at their abilities. If they had nothing to do, they lived in the fields and served the crops." Liu Xiaoshu put on his green robe and official uniform, pointed to the fields not far away and said, "Some people are guarding outside all year round, and they will inform them when they see someone coming. We will know when the general landed. Later, when the Ji family's in-laws came to the door, they found out that it was the King's Army."

"Is it still millet planted in Yuri?" Yang Qin retreated his gaze and said casually.

"The general doesn't know anything. People all think that rice is planted in Jiangnan, but in fact it is not. The most people planted millet, followed by rice, and the least people planted wheat." Liu Xiaoshu said.

Yang Qin nodded and asked again, "Where is Wang Bin?"

"Wang Bin will come here." Liu Xiaoshu said, "I only heard that Lei Ming seemed to be the supervisor of the Jiangzhou shogunate.

He brought thousands of people from Pengze County, first went down to Shicheng, then went north and east along the riverside, and then never heard of the news again."

"Why go by the river?"

"There are mountains in the south, which is not easy to walk." Liu Xiaoshu pointed to the plain land by the river and said, "I heard from the natives that the land under my feet was actually a sandbank in the river before, but later it was connected to the south bank and gradually became land. When I first came here, it was full of swamps. After entering summer, mosquitoes were everywhere. After filling many water sieges, there were fewer mosquitoes. At that time, many people died. My five brothers died one after another. My elder brother was skilled in bows and horses, and later became sick people.

He passed away at the age of forty, alas."

Yang Qin's expression moved when he heard this and said, "Mosquitoes are very powerful?"

"General must not underestimate mosquitoes." Liu Xiaoshu said seriously: "If northerners come here in summer, at least four or one, and at most two or three, they often have headaches and fever. In mild cases, they are weak and have a loss of appetite, and in severe cases, they are full of life.

But if we can survive, the chances of survival will increase greatly. This is how we come here."

"If you can't stand it, you will die?" Yang Qin asked.

"If you don't die, you will lose your skin." Liu Xiaoshu said, "I don't know what disease you have."

Yang Qin took a deep breath.

The emperor once said that in ancient times, a unit went south, claiming to be "a million powerful troops crossing the river". There were thirty "battalions" (divisions) in advance and marched into Jing, Xiang, and Jiangzhou. As a result, in summer, at least one quarter and most three quarters were sick. The entire army was sick from all directions and had to rest urgently.

Yang Qin was very doubtful about the time of this "ancient time". Could it be that the Qin army was in the southern expedition of 500,000 people?

"Then you have to fight quickly. It's very hot now. Is it still possible in June?" Yang Qin said immediately, "Do you know where the Guo Song tribe is?"

"A few days ago, soldiers from Jiangzhou came to the fort to collect grain. Some people talked too much and said they wanted to send it to Xuancheng. It was obvious that the king's army confronted the bandit army in Xuancheng. There was Lujiang (Qingyi River) there, which should be Shanxia tribe."

"How many people are there in Shanxia?"

"I don't know this."

Yang Qin lowered his head and thought. This is how the war is. He is in the middle and it is difficult to get a glimpse of the whole picture. He wanted to fight Wang Bin, but he didn't even know where the main force of the Jiangzhou soldiers were.

The mountains are high and dense, and the land is not familiar with, so it is a troublesome to investigate. It is hard to say that you have to issue more letters of appointment. If you send out this thing too much, you will have more "eyes".

"Where is Sima Chong?" Yang Qin asked again.

"I heard that I am still in Anwu. A few days ago, news came that Xin'an returned to the right, Sima Chong was very frightened and had the idea of ​​returning to the east. I haven't heard the news recently."

"Okay." Yang Qin waved his hand and said, "Prepare more food and grass, and my army will go to Shicheng tomorrow."

*******

In fact, Liu Xiaoshu's news was wrong. Lei clearly went to Guoshanxia, ​​but returned to Shicheng. The main reason was to urge the transfer of food and grass.

It is embarrassing to say that after Shanxia transferred more than 15,000 elite main force in Liyang Town to Xuancheng, the food pressure increased greatly. As more and more docking manors chose to wait and see, Shanxia's food and grass were a bit ineffective.

Looking around, only Jiangzhou, which had not experienced the war, could provide enough food and grass, and could be transported by water, which would not be cut off.

So Lei Ming came back.

However, the food and grass matter has not been resolved yet, but Liang's army crossed the river.

On the first night of April, more than a thousand people crossed the river from Wankou to Shicheng. The navy was already focusing on Wankou. At least ten days ago, he learned that a large number of people and ships gathered near Wankou and had an attempt to cross the river. So almost all ships from Chaisang and Wuhu were coming.

It’s not that no one has ever considered whether this is Liang Jun’s plan to attack the east and west, but to be honest, you can’t help it. Such a long section of the river cannot be watched all. If you don’t intercept the group of people in front of you, he will really cross the river.

Sure enough, someone crossed the river that night.

The navy intercepted part of it.

In panic, some of the Liang soldiers retreated to the sandbank in the middle of the river and surrounded the navy.

Two or three hundred people suddenly reached the south bank, and defeated the Shicheng defenders who were waiting for the battle, and only more than a hundred people were dispersed.

Lei Ming did not order a pursuit either. These people were either captured as slaves by the fortress commanders, or starved to death, died of illness in the mountains, and it was absolutely unreasonable.

On the third day of the junior high school, he received news that the Liang army landed at the junction of Shicheng and Lincheng counties. More than a thousand people rushed over to encircle and suppress it were defeated, which made him realize that there were probably many people in this group.

He was determined, leaving only one thousand soldiers to guard Shicheng, leading five thousand Jiangzhou troops to travel east.

By chance, Yang Qin also planned to remove the nail behind first and stop the Jiangzhou army from coming.

Both sides are walking on the post road, so collisions are inevitable.

On the fourth day of the fourth month, the sunset in the west was very bright. Yang Qin and Lei Ming met in the Tao. The two sides immediately set up their formations, and the drums and horns in the mountains were singing, and birds flew up in shock.

"Tang Xiang!" Yang Qin climbed up to a high ground, looked at it for a while, and shouted.

"The last general is here." An officer who was commanding the soldiers to complete the squad came out and responded loudly.

"Deputy Governor Zhang went home to mourn. This position has been vacant for half a month. Do you want to be the deputy Governor?" Yang Qin asked.

"I've wanted to be a long time ago." Tang Xiang, the owner of the banner, raised his neck and said without hesitation.

"You defeat the enemy's front team, swept them back, and then seized the stone city. I will recommend you as the deputy governor even if I try my best?" Yang Qin asked.

"It's enough to have a general's words. It's up to the will of heaven." Tang Xiang bowed and bowed, then went down to the Tao and urged the soldiers of this banner to quickly arrange the formation.

The so-called "meeting in Tao" is a battle of encounters in plain words.

The post road is not wide, and there are still mountains and forests on both sides, and the terrain is complex, so the military formation cannot be placed.

The ancients said long ago, "The brave will win when we meet on a narrow road." This is the time to reflect courage.

After deducting some non-combatants, there were more than 500 left in a building. At this time, they were all wearing armor and holding guns, bows and strings, and swords were unsheathed, and they were ready for battle.

The sunset was beautiful and the mountain was windy. After a drumming sound, there was almost no mobilization, so Tang Xiang rushed up with five hundred people.

The opposite side is rushing to arrange an array.

The front rows were already lined up, and the back was still a little messy. Obviously, they were not very skilled. The officer was so anxious that he shouted. It took him a lot of trouble to finish it.

From the perspective of the Pu army, the Liang army rushing towards them was cleaned up, with excellent equipment, and the formation was kept in good condition during the march. No one was too prominent, and no one was too behind.

Hundreds of people rushed over with powerful steps, as if they had no opponent worth mentioning in their eyes.

"Advance!" A drum sounded behind the Jin army formation.

They from Poyang County shouted together, "The shield hands are in front and the spear hands are behind, and slowly squirmed forward."

Lei Qu, the brother of the Leiming clan, lived in the formation, with his servants in front, back and left and right, and heavy breathing came one after another.

He is short and can only observe through the gap in front of him.

The sunset shone on Liang Jun's armor and dyed a layer of charming red.

Walking in the middle of the front row was a sword and shield hand, with a black flag on its back, and a tiger was painted on it, whistling in the mountain wind.

His expression was very calm, neither sad nor happy, as if he was not going to fight, but wandering around his own vegetable garden.

The distance between the two sides reached within thirty steps, and almost no one used a bow and arrow.

Lei Qu noticed that the other party's shield hands raised their swords diagonally in front of their foreheads, and the sound of footsteps also changed.

Before, I took small steps and fast running, but now I am making big steps.

When the military boots stepped on the ground, the rhythmic sound made almost hit people's hearts.

The clanging sound of the armor leaves is like a death-hunting note.

Something was shouted in the opposite formation, hundreds of people responded in unison, and then suddenly accelerated and rushed over.

Lei Qu was shocked suddenly, and then he felt the servant in front of him retreating straight, almost hitting his iron.

Just as he was about to curse, he suddenly saw an amazing scene: Liang Jiandao and Shield reached out more than ten hook and sickle spears behind his hand, hooking the big shield in his own soldiers like lightning, and then pulled it hard. Many people were either pulled one by one, or the big shield was overturned to the ground, and the front row instantly turned into an unprepared state.

Next came a bloody storm.

Before Lei Qu could react, he saw the local soldiers in front of him falling down like big trees that had been cut down, and his screams suddenly rose several steps.

"Ah!" The huge shield pressed the spear of a child servant in front of Lei Qu, and a cold light pierced out from the gap in the shield, hitting the child servant's throat accurately.

"Um! Ah!" After the hook and sickle gunman overturned the big shield, he did not retreat behind, but instead stabbed another child servant in the face. The child servant tilted his head to avoid it. Unexpectedly, the hook and sickle gun also changed. The curved blade hooked the child servant's chin and tore it hard. Half of his face and throat were pulled down and fell into the dust.

Liang Jundao and Shield Hand were not to be outdone. The shield was skilled in suppressing the weapon opposite. The ring-headed sword pierced through the gaps in the armor. The stabbed Juntu screamed in an instant, with blood foam in his breathing, as if his lungs had been pierced.

Almost as soon as they met, the Jiangzhou army was defeated.

In front of the Liang people, they were as clumsy as new soldiers who had been in the army for only a few months. The skills and cooperation they were proud of in the past were full of flaws. The soldiers fell in large numbers, and the casualties on both sides were completely disproportionate.

A soldier rushed towards Lei Qu, with a big shield in his left hand and a knife in his right hand, roaring like thunder.

Lei Qu seized the opportunity and hit the opponent's back on the back of the knife and shot him to the ground. Just as the second shot was about to come, he stabbed him in front, forcing him to retreat repeatedly.

Liang Bing, who lost his knife, slowed down and hid into the military formation. A spearman rushed up and the formation was as good as before.

Lei Qu's forehead was sweating, and after the shield blocked a spear that had been stabbed, he smashed the iron with his right hand fiercely, slamming Liang Bing on the shoulder in front of him.

The man screamed, his left arm hung weakly, and he couldn't hold the gun anymore.

Lei Qu wanted to make a second move, but he stabbed two long spears on the left and right. He barely pulled one shot and lowered his head in a mess to avoid the second move, but he was picked up to the ground.

He was so scared that his soul was rising and he retreated step by step.
To be continued...