Chapter 366 367 Sneak Attack
The next day, Li Yu went to the courtyard behind the government office. It was a house with two entrances and a garden behind it. The men lived in the first courtyard, and Aunt Xue and the girls lived in the second courtyard. , also raised chickens and ducks in the back garden, and all the corn was harvested, dried, packed in sacks, and piled up in two rooms.
Li Yu looked around and told Uncle Dashui, Uncle Cai, and Aunt Xue: "The world is not peaceful now. You must watch the door carefully and don't let anyone in casually. Especially the girls at home must be careful. If something happens, Just come to the government office and tell Ruyi or Jixiang and the others."
Several people said respectfully: "It's Madam. Don't worry, we will be careful."
Li Yu returned to the government office. After noon, Zhou Jia asked Tiezhu to send back several sets of clothes for the government soldiers. The black coarse cloth clothes looked quite sturdy. When Li Yu saw the black clothes, he remembered that he had not taken care of Chu. Sihai returned the token he had given him. Li Yu also wanted to take a look on the street, so he said hello to Ruyi and took Gu Yu out.
Guyu pointed at Zuixian Tower and said to Li Yu: "Madam, you see that Zuixian Tower has become deserted."
"Yes! After the rich merchants in the city fled, the busiest Zuixian Tower became like this."
"Don't talk about Zuixian Tower. I heard Tie Zhu and Mr. Qian muttering that even Liuhua Lane is no longer lively."
"The two of them went to Liuhua Lane together?" Li Yu looked at Gu Yu in surprise.
"Oops!" Gu Yu looked at Li Yu with a blushing face, "Madam, where do you want to go? Mr. Qian and Tie Zhu are helping the master settle the refugees who have escaped from the disaster at the resettlement site in Xicheng."
"Haha," Li Yu smiled awkwardly, "I'm overthinking it."
The two turned around a street and found that there were many people pushing and carrying people on the street, dragging their families and families into the city. The pedestrians on the road were also in a hurry, and their faces no longer had the calmness and smiles of the past.
When Li Yu arrived at Qian Yu's door, he happened to see Chu Sihai and Chu Feng hurriedly walking out of it. The two of them smiled when they saw Li Yu. Chu Sihai cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Mrs. Li, we are rare guests. Please come inside."
Li Yu returned the gift with a smile, "Master, I see you are very busy so I won't go in and sit down. I am here today just to return the token to you."
"That's fine, thank you madam for your help." Chu Sihai cupped his hands and smiled.
Li Yu took out the token and handed it to Chu Sihai: "When I found General Shen, he had already caught the spy, so the token was useless. I just thought of giving it back to you today."
Chu Sihai took the token respectfully, bowed his head to Li Yu and said, "Thank you, madam."
"You're welcome, the shopkeeper." After Li Yu said goodbye, he took Gu Yu back to the government office, and asked Mrs. Liu and the others to make some dry food cakes, fry some oil tea noodles and put them away in case of emergencies.
Zhou Jia came back from the front office and said to Li Yu: "The Qi people's army is coming soon. The big shopkeeper sent secret guards to kill the Qi prince. I heard the big shopkeeper said that this Ouyang Xiong is Ouyang who followed Taizu. The descendants of the great general say that he was resourceful, knew people well and made good use of them."
That's good. If you have a raging army and a den of raging generals, and the generals are resourceful, Yunzhou has a greater chance of winning. But is it that easy for Chu Sihai to send people to kill the prince of a country on his own land? Li Yu asked strangely: "Are they going to Qi to kill the prince?"
Zhou Jia shook his head, "I didn't make my words clear enough. This time, Qi State sent troops to attack Dayong. On the Yunzhou side, the Qi State Prince Supervised the Army, led by General Yang Huaiyi. Yang Huaiyi was also the brother of Qi State's noble concubine. The prince below me is young and intelligent, and is favored by King Qi."
"Killing the prince, wouldn't King Qi just make his favorite son the prince?"
"Yu'er, you don't know that the King of Qi has three legitimate sons. The prince is the eldest son. He was established when he was young. He has been the crown prince for almost thirty years. The officials of Qi State teased him privately that he is an old prince. Also, the right of Qi State The prime minister is the prince's grandfather, so even if the prince dies, it will not be the imperial concubine's son's turn."
Li Yu understood that Chu Sihai and the others wanted to kill the prince, make the princes of Qi kill each other for the throne, and also make Qi's right prime minister and general discord and cause internal strife in Qi.
"It's a good plan. Can the secret guard succeed?"
"I don't know either." Zhou Jia held Li Yu's hand, secretly worried that Chu Sihai would come to Li Yu for help.
On a barren mountain road in Tianjialing outside Tianjiaba, Yun Yi and Yan Niang dressed up as husbands of the Qi people. They were wearing white washed linen clothes and pants, and they were pushing and pulling a cart full of grain forward. As we walked, the soldiers supervising the work on the side whipped the slow-moving civilian workers from time to time with their riding whips.
Yun Yi and Yan Niang pushed the cart and secretly recorded the amount of food and baggage. Yun Yi raised his head and glanced at the canopy chariot in the distance, and his eyes darkened when he thought of his mission.
In a house not far from the Yunzhou city wall, General Ouyang was listening to General Tian Shen's report, "General, all the people along the road in Xingfu Town have settled in the city..."
Suddenly a scout broke in and reported loudly: "General, Qi troops are only a hundred miles away from Yunzhou. The leader is Yang Huaiyi, and the supervisor is Wu Jin, the prince of Da Qi. The report said that the Qi troops will probably attack Yang." Set up camp in the home village area."
Even the old prince came here to get military glory. Do the people of Qi really think that Yunzhou City is just meat on their chopping board?
Ouyang Xiong thought that Chu Sihai had sent people to assassinate the prince of Qi, so he took advantage of them to create chaos while they were setting up camp so that the secret guards could take action. If he could easily kill some Qi soldiers, it would be a bonus.
Ouyang Xiong made up his mind and glanced at the generals sitting together. He stood up and looked at General Yun and said: "General Yun, you lead two thousand cavalry to attack the Qi soldiers. Remember, you must not be reluctant to fight or disturb the Qi soldiers." Return to the city immediately and I will meet you at the city gate."
"Yes." After General Yun Shen responded, he ordered his troops and horses and galloped away.
Zhou Jia in the government office also received the quarterly report of the soldiers: "Sir, Qi soldiers are only a hundred miles away from us."
Zhou Jia ordered: "Send more manpower to patrol and pay more attention to the secluded alleys. I'm afraid there will be gangsters taking advantage of the fire to rob. If you find that there are gangsters taking advantage of the fire to rob, those who don't listen to the advice will be immediately arrested for hard labor."
"Yes, sir." The soldiers left in a hurry.
General Yun Shen led two thousand cavalry in a gallop and arrived at Yangjia Village in less than half an hour. The once bustling Wangjia Village had become a deserted place. All the houses had been burned to the ground by the soldiers who had fortified the walls and cleared the country. There were ruins everywhere. Yun Shen will wait quietly with his troops in a burned grove outside Yangjia Village.
After a while, I heard the vibration of countless iron hoofs hitting the ground in the distance. A moment later, a group of cavalry exploring the road came galloping quickly. Everyone waited quietly for them to enter the village. General Yun Shen Waving his arms to draw a circle, all the cavalry were ready. Seeing the group of cavalry getting closer and closer, General Yun Shen led the cavalry to surround them. The soldiers raised their hand crossbows. After a sudden... sound, the crossbow arrows broke. Gone in the air, all the soldiers on horseback fell down from their horses.