In the southwest suburbs of Yecheng, the royal gardens - Hualin Garden, and in the waterfront, Emperor Gao Yang of Qi was drinking with his close ministers and having fun.

Because the weather was hot, Gao Yang, who was drinking with a flushed face, bare his chest and exposed his back, played the pipa, and sang loudly.

After a while, a person came hurriedly. Gao Yang caught a glimpse, stopped singing, and laughed: "The thief is here!!"

As soon as he finished speaking, his close ministers burst into laughter.

It is called a "thief" in full view, which is not an honor, but the person who came face to the emperor did not change his face and came straight to the imperial court and bowed and confessed his crime:

"I am late, please punish me."

He is tall, tall, neither fat nor thin, and is the ancestor who is on duty in the Secretariat and waiting for the imperial edict.

Gao Yang smashed the pipa in his hand directly at the other party: "Come on, I'll punish you to play the pipa!"

Zu Yi caught the pipa, but did not play it, but said, "Please punish your majesty for wine. I can only play the pipa if I have wine."

Gao Yang smiled and pointed to the wine jar beside him: "Drink! I can't finish drinking, I will whip you a hundred!"

"Thank you for your punishment of wine."

Zu Qi held the pipa in one hand and the wine jar in the other, then raised his head and drank it directly.

But it was more like ‘pour wine’, the wine overflowed from the corners of the mouth, flowing down, wetting the collar.

With a "bang", the wine jar fell to the ground and broke. Zu Qie danced with the music while playing the pipa.

The pipa is beautiful and the dance is elegant. Gao Yang patted the table and beat the ancestral bells.

Everyone present saw this, and the previous contempt disappeared, leaving only admiration: it was indeed a strange person!

Zu Yi, whose courtesy name was Xiaozheng, was a native of Didao Fanyang. He was smart and alert, outstanding in talent, and was well-versed in the words of the four barbarians. He was also good at writing, and was a secretary of the company.

Later, he was appreciated by Emperor Shenwu (Gao Huan) and served as the assistant minister of the prime minister's office.

Zu Yi is very talented and has a strong ability to do things, but his personal character is extremely poor.

He is very greedy for money and has accepted bribes and sought bribes many times. He was punished repeatedly for this, but he committed repeated crimes again and again.

He is also lustful and is a regular visitor to Zhuchang's family in Yexia. He often rides an old horse around and hooks up with women.

He even did not avoid others' words, and was in love with an old woman of sixty, and flirted with her in front of others, which was only shocking.

But compared to being lustful and lustful, Zu Yi’s most shocking “hobby” is stealing. It’s nothing to be a matter of “holding” things when dating friends: this person dares to steal gold (gold wine glass) at the Emperor Shenwu’s banquet.

He also repeatedly stole property or books from the palace, and was repeatedly stolen by people and was later demoted, fined, and even punished to do hard labor, but he was always re-activated because of his outstanding talent.

Then he continued to steal, and he was deadly.

So when Gao Yang saw Zu Yi, he always laughed and scolded: "The thief is here."

Zu Yi's personal character is so bad, but his talent is extremely outstanding, so that Emperor Shenwu (Gao Huan), Emperor Wenxuan (Gao Cheng) and Emperor Gao Yang both hated and reluctant to leave Zu Yi.

Perhaps it is precisely because of this that Zu Yi is always unruly.

When the emperor was drunk, everyone else was trembling, but Zu Yi was always able to deal with it calmly.

Just now, I dared to smash the wine jar in front of the emperor, but I could use singing and dancing to attract the emperor's praise.

Is this the so-called arrogant person?

While the king and his ministers were having fun, an eunuch hurriedly entered. The eunuch looked at the drunken emperor with a pale face, but he had to bite the bullet and report:

"Your Majesty, the thief is here, the thief is here!"

Zu Yi, who was dancing with a pipa, heard the three words "The Thief is Coming", and his eyes flashed with cold light, but the cold light flew away and continued to circle.

Gao Yang laughed at the sound of this: "The thief is here? Isn't the thief right here?"

"Return to Your Majesty, I am talking about... it's Li Bid..."

"What? Li...Li thief!!"

Gao Yang's voice rose instantly. After hearing the word "Li Zhe" and he woke up most of the wine instantly. Then he looked at the eunuch, and his face became a little distorted:

"You mean, Li Zibi has offended again?"

"yes..."

"Hahahahaha!" Gao Yang smiled, laughing so hard that he could not breathe: "Okay, OK!"

Zu Yi stopped dancing, looked at the eunuchs, and said nothing.

Gao Yang smiled for a while and asked, "Where has the thief Li wandered?"

"Go back to Your Majesty, Li's bandits have already broken the Gaoping of Yanzhou. The vanguard continues to go north and pass Juyeze."

"Hmm? Hirozawa?" Gao Yang put away his smile and thoughtfully: "What do he want to do?"

Yanzhou of Qi State is located in the northern border of Xuzhou, and Si River passes through the state.

Juyeze is nearly a hundred miles northwest of Gaoping, Yanzhou. The Liang army invaded the north. After reaching the vicinity of Juyeze, it can attack the Qingzhou area eastward.

Go west, you can attack the Puyang County area of ​​Xiyanzhou. There are several Yellow River ferries, which can cross the river to reach the north bank.

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In the afternoon, in Puyangjin, the south bank of the Yellow River, business travelers from south to north were waiting for the ferry to dock.

Because the sun is strong and the sun is strong, the shade nearby is full of trees. People are enduring the heat while looking forward to the ferry coming soon.

It is summer now, and the Yellow River is large, so the river surface is very wide. It takes a long time to walk the ferry between the north and south sides of the Yellow River.

People who are eager to cross the river can only wait, and when they have nothing to do, they chat and pass the time.

As we talked, we naturally talked about the current situation and said "Li thief attacked".

"The day before yesterday, Li Zhe broke through Gaoping, Yanzhou, and passed Juyeze. I think he was going to come to Puyangjin."

A man expressed his opinion, and when others heard it, they found it incredible: "What are Li Zhe who came to Puyangjin for?"

"What to do? Cross the river."

"Cross the river? What did he do across the river?"

"Oh, he has crossed the river. You can't just spread it to the north bank. Think about it, think about it! How far is it from Yedu when he arrives at the north bank?"

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone was amazed: "No way! From the north bank to Yedu, the postman rode a horse and galloped for only one day!"

"No, so the government army responded." The man said, pointing to the riverside: "Come all the ships to the north shore, leaving only a little ferry to the north and south."

"Even if Li bandits and horses come to Puyangjin without a ship, how can they go to the north shore?"

This makes sense, and the others nodded silently.

Most people do not know the name of the "Li thief", but probably know that this is the general of the Liang army entrenched in Xuzhou and the governor of Xuzhou of Liang State.

The day before yesterday, Li's bandits attacked north along the Sishui River, and captured Gaoping, the border of Sishui River in Yanzhou, and continued northward.

If you turn west to Puyangjin, it won’t take long.

However, as this guy said, there are not so many ferries on the south bank of Puyangjin, and even if Li bandits come, they will not be able to cross the river.

Even if there are sporadic sharp soldiers crossing the river, there are garrisons and forts on the north ferry. The garrisons are more than enough to deal with these people.

While we were talking, we heard the sound of trumpets sounding from the fort next to us. Everyone looked in the sound, but they saw thick smoke coming from the beacon towers in the fort.

Before many people came to their senses, they saw the man pointing to the east and panic: "Here's here, the thief is here!"

When I looked closely, I saw a dusty man on the official road in the east. It seemed that there were many cavalry coming here.

In the distance, a pillar of smoke rose, and it seemed that it was a beacon tower relay warning: the enemy was attacking.

"The thief is here, the thief is here!"

People shouted in panic, and the Puyang Jinjin area was instantly boiling, and the businessmen fled in scattered and wanted to stay away from this place of failure.

After a while, the Liang cavalry roared over the Puyangjin area like a tide. Regardless of the sporadic arrows released in the fortress, they began to prepare for crossing the river.

There were no ships in the ferry, but with the cavalry coming, they arrived at the river one after another. The soldiers removed the wheels and pushed the ship down the river.

First, we boarded the boat in a row, rowed the wooden oars and headed towards Liyangjin, the north shore.

Li Li, who was riding his horse to the shore, looked at the smoke pillars rising from the Qi army's fortress not far away, and then looked at the smoke pillars rising from the north bank of the Yellow River in the distance, and knew the military situation in Puyangjin, and was about to spread to Yecheng.

This is inevitable, so all they can do is seize the time to cross the river.

Before the main force of the Qi army came to their senses, they arrived at their destination.

Li Li looked back and watched the dusty cavalry dismount, unravel the towed light cannons, and aimed several of them at the fortress to prepare for artillery bombardment.

From Pengcheng, Xuzhou to Puyangjin, you can walk through Juyeze and turn west, and the distance is nearly 600 miles.

From the north bank to Yecheng, it is about 150 or 60 miles away. The distance is just by land, less than 800 miles. The cavalry will raid and will arrive in less than five days.

However, due to the blockade of the Yellow River, it is basically impossible for the cavalry from Xuzhou to attack Yecheng.

As long as there is a turbulence, the Qi army will take Puyangjin ships on the south bank to the north bank, which will lead to the surprise attack.

The north bank of Jin Ferry must have troops stationed, and it is no problem to deal with some sporadic dead soldiers crossing the river. In another two days, reinforcements will arrive, which will make the Liang army occupying Puyangjin sigh at the river.

However, this set was useless to Li Li.

"Push hard...push!!"

"Push hard...push!!!"

Amid the shouts, the soldiers worked together to push a light cannon onto the wooden boat. Li Li looked at the soldiers gathered by the river and the boats that had already crossed north one after another, and was full of confidence.

How should I say hello when I first came to Hebei?

for example...

Dazha, I am "Li Viking". Now I recommend "Li Li's attack" to introduce it.

The new version of the ship that Li Kerosene has been pulled out, and it needs to be experienced for three times. Zhang Bei doesn’t pay a wedding, but he will make a fight with me. Love the likes and the introduction is a good idea!
Chapter completed!