Jiangpu County is one of the four counties in Hezhou, facing the Yangtze River, only thirty miles away from Hezhou Prefecture.

Huo Bao and his party set off from Hezhou at first noon, and Shen Zheng arrived in Jiangpu County.

The current county magistrate of Jiangpu County is one of the three leaders around Du Laoba, and he is familiar with Huo Bao and Xue Biao.

In terms of origin, he was not a local from Hei Python Mountain, but one of the young followers who followed the Mazhaizhu up the mountain.

When the Mangtou Village split, he and the other two heads followed Du Laoba.

When Huo Wu went up the mountain and the two villages merged, he did not blame Du Laoba, so naturally he did not blame these three leaders.

These three men were very grateful, and they were very close to the Huo family and the Ma village leader.

Now that you can be the host, you will be very loyal to the landlord.

In September, the most beautiful time for Jiangxian is, with swordfish, sea bass, river shrimp, crabs, etc., ready for the whole banquet.

Xue Biao is an elder, so he has taken the main seat.

He was very proud.

Now the Chuzhou Army has three prefectures and thirteen counties, and it is the first place in Jianghuai.

Moreover, Caishiji took over, not only did he attack Taiping Prefecture, but he also abolished the main force of the Jinling Navy and the 5,000 defenders who came to support from Jinling, one step closer to taking down Jinling.

Although the commander of Chuzhou Army is Huo Wu, he is also "Seventh Master".

When talking about the Chuzhou army troops crossing the river at noon, the county magistrate's eyes shone brightly.

However, Du Laoba has limited people to use. Since he keeps this person to guard Jiangpu, he must fight Taiping and Jinling before he can re-adjust the staff of the three prefectures of Huainan.

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Jinling, Jia’s House.

Jia Yuan looked at the silent elder brother and friend and said in confusion: "The world situation is here, what else can I hesitate?"

North of the Yangtze River, the entire Huanghuai River is in ruins.

It was fine to the south of the Yangtze River, Jiangnan West Road, Jiangnan East Road, and the northern prefectures were all in chaos under the rule of the imperial court.

Once Caishiji was lost, the main force of the Jinling Navy was lost, and the barrier was lost on the river.

Now the main force of the Chuzhou Army is in Taiping Prefecture, only 120 miles away from Jinling. After winning Taiping, it will be two days to arrive.

Isn’t it because I saw that Jiangnan is unstable?

Now that I have arrived in front of me, there is no room for repetition.

If this is the case, it will be more hateful than not showing goodwill at the beginning.

Jia Yan smiled bitterly and said, "I never expected it to be so soon!"

It was said that I could imagine that the main force of the Jinling Navy was dispatched but did not defend Caishiji.

It is one thing to leave a way out and secretly show goodwill to the Chuzhou army. If you really want to rebel, it is related to the lives of the tribe.

Even if their brothers were removed from the list by their father, they were afraid that they would implicate their wives and children.

Shi Jin frowned and said, "The court is still here...has recovered Hangzhou..."

The Shi family is more united than the Jia family, and Shi Jin's father is the leader. Because of this, he is even more afraid to make a decision easily.

Jia Yuan snorted, "Then what? The court rushed forward for 800 miles and transferred the lord general away! The lord general is a member of the queen's clan. The emperor is not afraid of him losing, but is afraid of him winning! Now a few more than a dozen prefectures have been taken back? In Taizhou, Yuan Guozhen has already landed and occupied several prefectures. Can the meat he holds in his mouth be spit out?"

From Qichun to Hangzhou, we went to more than a dozen prefectures, and let Shoutian divide the land and cause disaster. Even if the court takes it back, people's hearts will be dispersed.

Shi Jin hesitated and said, "The Chuzhou Army... is also the White-Shirt Army..."

Jia Yuanzi knew what he was worried about.

The Shi family is an old surname from Jinling, and there are many great gentry families. If the Chuzhou army comes to Jinling and implements the division of land, then everyone will have no place to cry.

Jia Yuan said seriously: "It's just a banner. It's Yuan Guozhen, a pirate who surrendered and rebelled and surrendered, isn't he also under the banner of the White Shirt Army?"

"Chuzhou, Hezhou is just across the river. Everyone knows the situation there... Master Huo Wu is not a desperate person from the city vendors such as Shoutian Wanna, but also a child with the surname Binjiang..."

"I don't talk about Hezhou or Luzhou, I only look at Chuzhou. The yamen uses local gentry, and the children also enter the army in the name of "companionship" and "personal soldiers"..."

"A few days ago, after fighting against Hezhou, Chuzhou recruited scholars to serve as officials. Hezhou is now in power, either others, or Mr. Song, who retired from Xiaojiuqing in Chuzhou..."

Jia Yuan and the Song family have old age, so when inquiring about news about Chuzhou, they must ask a few questions.

The news I got was amazing.

Even Jia Yuan looked at him with jealousy.

"Not only is Mr. Song in power in Hezhou, Mr. Song is the deputy director of Chuzhou Prefecture... and the grandson of his scholar, who is now following Huo Bao..."

Mr. Song, who had been up and down in the officialdom for forty years and had escaped unscathed, wouldn't his family be with him if he hadn't really been optimistic about the Chuzhou Army?

Shi Jin frowned and said, "It is true that Master Huo Wu valued the gentry... but there was also a case of confiscating the Lu family..."

Jia Yuan didn't care: "Are our two families so virtuous? Even if the Chuzhou army kills chickens and scares the monkeys, they will not be able to pick our two families!"

Shi Jin was still not sure about his idea, and Jia Yuan had to persuade him again, but his brother stopped him with his eyes.

Jia Yuan paused and understood his brother's concerns.

Wealth and honor are in danger.

No matter how good the Chuzhou Army is, how can there be a sure thing in this world?

Not afraid of ten thousand, just afraid of one,

The Shi family involves more, unlike the two brothers who were removed from the family.

It was just that the two of them had a childhood relationship. When the two brothers were in trouble, they helped Shi Jin again, and now they have become children and relatives. Jia Yuan really didn't want his friends to miss this opportunity, so he persuaded them so hard.

All you need to say is said, but it is not easy to control Shi Jin's choice.

Not talking about Jia Yuan, Shi Jin finally made a decision: "Do it!"

It turned out that what they discussed was not waiting for the Chuzhou Army to surrender when they entered Jinling, but wanted to move secretly before the Chuzhou Army came in, using military merits as a "vote letter" and changing their background.

For example, after the Jinling defenders sent 5,000 to Taiping Prefecture the day before yesterday, they began to pack their luggage secretly and the Jinling Guardian, they were all targeted...

As for the four thousand households outside the city, Jia Yuan held one in his hand, and the other three thousand households were also more intimate.

When the Chuzhou army conquered the Taiping Prefecture, there were four prefectures in their hands and accumulated a lot of contributions from their military generals. How could they gain a foothold if they did not make any contributions?

Even if the two families have old friends with Master Huo Wu, they have been close to each other in the past six months, but they are not as good as real military achievements.

Among the three, Jia Yan was thirty years old, and the remaining two were only twenty-seven or eight years old, which was the age of still ambitions.

With a decision, you must start planning.

The Chuzhou army crossed the river today, conquering peace in two or three days, and then headed to Jinling. The fastest is four or five days, even if it is slow, it will be within ten days.

There is not much time left for them.

But Jinling is a big city with 80,000 households, and there are more than 10,000 soldiers inside and outside the city, so they dare not move lightly.

It is necessary to ask people to keep an eye on the news from Taiping Mansion to cooperate with the launch.

The loyal servants of the two families dispersed that night.

Some cross the river to Hezhou, and some go directly to the three counties of Taiping Prefecture.

He asked the butler to book several ships and stood by at Jiangbei Wharf to find out about the news.

Even those who go to Taiping Mansion are all worthy of two horses.

If you get the news like this, you can get it today.

In addition to what he prepared for, Jia Yuan also wrote a private message to Huo Wu, asking about the situation in Jinling and the matters that the two families had become internal supporters.

...

The next day, it was dawn and there was movement at Jiangpu Pier.

The Chaohu Navy had left the cruise ships here, all of which were civilian ships loaded with fifty or sixty people.

There are already two ships on standby here.

A hundred or so people stood by the dock.

Half of these people came from Heimang Mountain, and half were from the group of child soldiers in Quyang County.

They are all people with the longest experience and loyalty and reliable.

Those with high status are already thousands of households; those with low status are also hundreds of households.

These people were divided into two groups, one group of fifty people, either they were really young, thirteen or fourteen years old; or they were tender and looked like half a ding.

Wear not the Scout's cloth armor, but the ragged clothes prepared early.

They crossed the river this morning and will follow Hou Xiaoming, who is also dressed in a beggar, to find an opportunity to sneak into the Great Victory Pass.

The other fifty people chose a few white and tender faces, and the rest were tall and powerful.

Li Yuan also changed his outfit and looked at the appearance of the Fugui Young Master, these soldiers were servants and guards.

There is a ready-made road quotation in Jiangpu County. According to the official seal of Jiangpu County, the official seal of Qua County was made, and this road quotation was issued by Qua.
To be continued...