Chapter 568: The atmosphere (3)

It was the first time that Hongzhou City was in the first round. There was no one on the empty streets. There were a few barking dogs from time to time in the quiet night sky, giving people a feeling of loneliness. People were hiding in their houses and were uneasy about the upcoming war. Since Zhong Chuan's death, this was the fourth time that Hongzhou has become a battlefield. No one knows when such a day will end.

Nanping Palace. After the Huainan army broke through the city, this old residence of Zhongchuan became the official residence of the Hongzhou commander. Because the city slope, the Huainan soldiers plundered the city in large numbers, and this originally magnificent palace could not escape the disaster. It is said that many maids and defeated soldiers died in the palace. After Liu Wei took office, he invited monks to pray for him to clean up. Perhaps because Liu Wei was in Hongzhou for a short time, his family and servants were not even filled with half of the Nanping Palace. He himself was still an old military leader.

It was so relaxing. At night, the mansion was pitch black, and many places were filled with ghosts. Not to mention the mansion, even the streets near the mansion were rarely visited later, and pedestrians were reluctant to leave. However, Liu Wei was abnormal these days, and he had been having banquets and meetings for a long time, day and night. He was now the lord of Hongzhou, and curfews and other things naturally could not stop him. For a moment, traffic was flooded in front of the palace, and guests were everywhere. The two armies of the Ivory Pond were confronted by eighty miles away, and the murderous aura seemed to be a matter of another world.

Liu Wei leaned on the Pingqi, drunken eyes, and the cups on the tables in front of him were in a mess. This banquet started at dinner time, and it was already the second day of the morning. It had lasted for three or four hours. The wine was delivered like flowing water. Most of the guests on both sides had almost finished drinking. Many of them were already drunk on the tables, and they had no idea that their clothes were covered with stains. Seeing this scene, Liu Wei slapped Pingqi hard and said with a smile: "Come on, fill the wine in front of everyone, and don't go back tonight if you don't get drunk!"

The maids standing on both sides quickly poured the cups in front of the guests with mellow wine, carefully slapped the sleeping people. At this time, an officer quickly walked up from the hall and walked to Liu Wei, whispering for a while. Several alert guests quickly raised their ears and eavesdropped. Because the distance was far away, they could only hear sporadic words such as "reinforcements" and could not hear the full text. The guests were speculating in their hearts, but Liu Wei nodded, made a gesture to let the officer retreat, stood up, raised his glass and smiled, "Today, a family is lucky enough to have a banquet with you. I will drink this cup and make three wishes for you!" At this point, Liu Wei sang in a singular voice: "One wishes for the world to be peaceful, two wishes for you. Three wishes are coming to the old man, and I will meet you several times!"

Seeing that Liu Wei was so attentive, the guests in the hall quickly stood up one after another, bowed and responded in unison: "Today I will pass by your house, I will pay my respects to Chen Sanyou: one wishes for the husband to be a thousand years old, two wishes for my health to be healthy, and three wishes are like a swallow on the beam, and we will meet each other every year!"

"I wish you as you said!" Liu Wei laughed and threw the wine cup aside when he heard this: "It's getting late, so he no longer wants to drink for a long night. If he can't drink and wants to stay overnight, there is an empty room in the left wing. If he wants to return home, he will be escorted by his own guards." At this point, Liu Wei bowed and bowed to him.

Most of the guests in the hall were local celebrities from Hongzhou. These people were invited to this residence, so they naturally had close ties with the Huainan Army and had a certain status. People like this who had families and businesses were different from ordinary people. In such troubled times, they wanted to have a pair of rabbit ears, listen to the style, argue for the victory and defeat, so that they could stand opposite each other and maintain the family and family clan. Seeing Liu Wei like this, they naturally had their own plans. After Wei Quansha started the army, the hearts of the people in Hongzhou were quite chaotic. After all, if Fuzhou soldiers rushed into the city, they would never have started to be sympathetic just because they were also from Jiangxi. Even if Wei Quansha would have to pay meritorious people, they would have to take some unlucky hands, so that they would have enough wealth to satisfy the desires of their meritorious ministers. The safest choice was to secretly lose money to Wei Quansha. On the surface, they still looked like the Huainan Army was obedient to the people, and both sides were under the throne.

Notes to ensure that there is no loss. As a result, the coalition forces stopped at the Ivory Pond, and there was no major battle for more than ten days. The front line also sent back the Huainan army's victory and the coalition's head-level weapons. As the highest military and political commander in Huainan, Liu Wei also had a high meeting every day, looking at a leisurely and calm. After a long time, the hearts of these fencemen gradually calmed down. Anyway, this was not the first time this Hongzhou City was in trouble, and they did not survive the previous few times? Some of the messengers sent out the money were not in a hurry to act according to the request of the reply letter. Those who did not send out decided to look at the scenery first. If the defeated soldiers were all sarcastic, their integrity in the loss would be found by the Huainan army, which would be the end of the family and extermination of the clan. But tonight the officer's whispers made many people feel excited. I don't know how many people would toss and turn in bed that night and couldn't fall asleep.

In the study, Liu Wei was sitting on the low couch, his eyes were bright, and his face was gone. The idle look at the banquet just now. A tired military man knelt on the ground, his clothes were covered with ideas splashed by mud.

"Get up, you have worked hard along the way!" Liu Wei's voice was very gentle, which was quite inconsistent with his identity as the commander of the first army.

The Junhan raised his head in surprise and looked at Liu Wei. Liu Wei's eyes closed slightly, as if he was thinking about something, and suddenly asked: "You should report Gao An's affairs one by one, say whatever you have, don't be afraid of trouble."

It turned out that this military man was a military envoy who rushed back from Gao An overnight. When he arrived in Hongzhou, Liu Wei was having a banquet for guests. His appearance was not suitable for these guests to see, so he asked the on-duty officers to report to Liu Wei that the banquet was interrupted and that he came to see this person.

The military man took a deep breath and his words ejaculated from his mouth: "Report to the general that Gao An is in an urgent situation. Ma Yin sent commander Yuan Mei and Yuanzhou Governor Peng Yanzhang to surround Gao'an City, day and night. Now there are only more than a thousand guards in the city. When I left, many places of the trench had been filled and several places were damaged. My army leader asked me to come back and ask for reinforcements, and I hope the general will send reinforcements quickly." After saying that, his eyes stared at Liu Wei tightly, waiting for the answer. Liu Wei was silent for a while and finally replied: "You go down and rest, I will reply to you tomorrow."

The military man knelt down and kowtowed, retreated to the door before turning around and retreating. At this time, only Liu Wei was left in the room. The flashing candlelight reflected his figure on the window paper, making him look particularly lonely.

Jiangzhou, Xunyang, not far from the city wall. There is the vast Yangtze River. When the Yangtze River arrives here, the river surface is already very vast. It is already July. It is the flood season. Standing on Xunyang City and looking north with your naked eyes, you can only see a vague white line, like a sea. You can vaguely see a small city in the southeast. The vast Poyang Lake merges into the Yangtze River from the small town, flowing down, and merging into the sea.

Zhou Ben stood at the bow of the ship, and the slightest river breeze blew the flag beside him, but he stood there motionless, as if not a living person, but a bronze statue.

"General, the entrance of Pengli Lake is ahead. You have to dock and contact the guards of Jiangzhou!" A lieutenant ran over from behind and bowed to report.

"No need, send the order and the army will enter the lake directly. Hongzhou is already in a hurry and can't delay any more!" Zhou Ben replied in a deep voice without looking back.

"Here!" The captain turned around and left after responding. As the order was conveyed, Zhou Ben's ears heard the sound of ropes that made people sore teeth tight. This was the sound of sailors falling sails. Looking down from the air, you could see hundreds of warships moving upstream against the river on the wide Yangtze River, like a huge group of migratory fish, turning their bows toward the entrance of the lake on the left bank.

Zhou Ben looked at the lake bank on the left bank. The vast Poyang Lake separated the two prefectures here. On the right is Jiangzhou controlled by the Huainan Army, and on the left bank is Lu Fang's Zhenhai Army. Although Lu Fang started his business, the relationship between the two families can only be said to have not started a war yet. This time, the dangers and rebelled with the four continents and contacted Hunan Ma Yin. Not only was it very powerful, but the action was very sudden, and the Huainan Army was caught off guard. After all, would there be Lu Fang be the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was the one who was

The black hand was tugging? Zhou Ben couldn't help but fall into deep thought. He began to search for Lu Fang's appearance in his memories. In fact, the two had fought with Qian Miao side by side during the Dong Chang Rebellion. But perhaps because of his middle age, the person's appearance was only a very vague clip: I only remember that he had short hair and a round face. He had nothing to do on weekdays and had a harmless smile, and there was nothing more. Thinking of this, Zhou Ben slammed the side of the ship in front of him in annoyance, making a dull sound.

"General, the warships of Zhenhai Army have been dispatched. Should we let the ships line up to prepare for the battle?" A quick voice pulled Zhou Ben out of his annoyance. He jumped onto the watchtower in three steps and took two steps. Looking to the left, he saw that a dozen shadows of ships were approaching this way on the vast lake. With his sharp eyes, he could vaguely see the surface of the hull emitted metallic luster. Zhou Ben knew that this was a warship unique to Zhenhai Army. People nicknamed "Turtle Ship" according to its shape.

Zhou Ben stared at the shadow of the ship in the distance for a while. The Zhenhai ships did not keep coming. When they arrived about two or three miles away, they slowed down and kept the distance from the Huainan army warships, as if they were surveillance, and seemed to be escorting. Zhou Ben looked at the shadow of the other party for a while and said in a deep voice: "No need, they just monitor us and let the fleet go to the right bank." Speaking of this, Zhou Ben paused for a moment: "Send someone to send them two hundred pieces of gauze and one hundred coins of money, just say that I and Xianggong Lu are old acquaintances, so these are just a gift!"

"Here!" The captain turned around and left. Zhou Ben returned to the side of the ship. He soon saw a small boat leaving his fleet and heading towards the Zhenhai fleet. He quickly leaned forward. After a while, the small boat turned around and came back. You could see the Zhenhai warships turned the bow and sailing to the left bank.
Chapter completed!