Chapter 623: The Salt of Huai River

Thunder and lightning rushed out of the dense dark clouds like a roaring purple dragon. Suddenly, a purple light column was seen between heaven and earth. The entire Sang Town was also swallowed up in the lightning, the houses collapsed, and people were overturned, as if the entire Sang Town was trapped in a hell of lightning.

Thunder and lightning are not endless. Even if Li Yuanba now has the strength of a Tianling and uses the thunderstorm weather, the thunder spear, which is like a forest, has only lasted for a dozen seconds and disappeared without a trace. It has been a long time since the flash of lightning.

The result of this lightning and lightning collision was really not covered. Sakura Akishi, who was naked, was burned black, his hair was burned out long ago, and only half of his eyebrows were left. Sakura Akishi was not the kind of daimyo who had great ambitions but had no ability. Moreover, the house of this wealthy family was indeed relatively strong. After this layer of barrier, his strength was quite good, although he was twitching all over by lightning, he could still move.

"Come, come!" Sakura Akichi's eyes were about to burst into flames at this moment, but there was still lightning on his body, and he was not even obedient to his body. But when he saw his body's appearance, Sakura Akichi was still angry uncontrollably.

"Head of the family!" Ying Mingzhi shouted for a long time before someone responded. Compared with Ying Mingzhi, who was in charge, the warriors under his command were fully armed. All warriors would have a samurai armor. There were talismans on this armor. They were blessed by the monks and wizards of Fusang. A protective barrier could appear when attacked. Therefore, although these warriors had been struck by lightning, they did not look as embarrassed as Sakura.

However, Sakura Akishi looked like this. Although the samurai who came wanted to laugh, no one could laugh. They all lowered their heads and forced themselves to hold it back. Even if they couldn't help making a little sound, they were covered by the rain curtain.

"Protect me to leave here immediately! In addition, I will order everyone to strengthen their vigilance to prevent the Emperor from attacking in the rain." Sakura Akichi was not a fool. When he left the dilapidated house, he saw that it was not that he had committed some traitors, so he was struck by lightning, but that the entire town was trapped in lightning and lightning, which was an enemy attack.

Sakura Akichi's order was still one step late, or not, his order was destined to end, because compared to the town, the Japanese outside the town gathered and lived in the camp tent, and were open and open, the power of the falling thunder was much greater, especially Li Yuanba's attack, although it had a wide coverage, it was not without key points.

Therefore, the Japanese people located in the west of the town have been in trouble for eight lifetimes. Not only are they twitched by electricity, but the lightning disaster finally survived. Smoke was emitted all over their bodies and flashed with lightning arcs, and they were slashed by a group of enemies who broke through the rain curtain.

Taking advantage of your illness, the original hard battle has become extremely smooth because of the wind, rain, thunder and lightning. Two thousand people pierced into the core of the Japanese like an awl. All those encountered along the streets of Sangzhen were killed without mercy.

"Travel over and keep up, don't fall behind!" There are only two streets in Sang Town, so there is no need to worry about getting lost. However, despite the gust of wind and rain and lightning, many Japanese people survived. They rushed out from all over and saw the enemy coming, and raised their swords in their hands and rushed up.

"Click the crossbow arrows, shoot me, and a few people go up and chop me together, don't fight!" The shouts sounded from time to time in the heavy rain, but at most seven or eight meters, and there was no sound even further away. In addition to fighting, the team leader of each team gathered his subordinates to avoid being dispersed.

"This group of damn imperial soldiers!" Takeda Village covered his thighs that were constantly gushing out blood, and a sharp crossbow arrow was thrown aside. Takeda Village climbed under a corner of a strong wave, and above his head, there was a nearly half-decayed awning that was still faithfully fulfilling its final mission.

He tore open his underwear and his hands trembled and tied the wound. Takeda Muchi's eyes looked at the shadowy figure in the rain. Although it was only ten meters away, it was so close that it made people blind and could not see the other person clearly.

From the rain curtain, crossbow arrows were shot out from time to time, and the opponent's vision must have been hindered, but there were obviously many crossbows in the other party's hands. The warriors were lucky to dodge each of them. He was still lucky, but he was shot in his legs and feet. On the side, a bad guy was shot directly in the face and lay there motionless, obviously dead.

Takeda Muchi did not stand up and continued to rush forward. Although Bushido asked them to take the lead without hesitation, he was already injured in front of life, especially in this environment, which was enough to prove his courage. There was no need to prove it with his life again.

The sound of messy footsteps gradually drifted away in my ears, and only the sound of the slap of rain hitting the canopy and puddles was left in my ears. Takeda Muchi breathed a sigh of relief and stood up with his weapons. He didn't want people to see him hiding there.

"Young master, do you want to kill him back!" Seeing the surprise attacking troops rushed out of Sang Town, Leng Zhuo quickly came to the front of the team, and Pei Yuanqing, who was rushing in front, asked Leng Zhuo.

Leng Zhuo looked at the blood on the hammer being washed away by the rain, but the corpses inserted in the horns of the Overlord Golden Beetle could tell that Pei Yuanqing was very happy to kill him, but Leng Zhuo shook his head and said, "Today's mission has been achieved, let's go back to Suzhou City!"

Now that he turned around and rushed to kill, it was not that he could not kill, but that Leng Zhuo did not want to kill. He still needed the existence of these Japanese people to achieve his goal. If the Japanese people disappeared, he would have no reason to expand the place and recruit soldiers. This is like a mouse disappearing, why do you still need a cat?

And after that moment, the Japanese must have gathered together and they were going back, but they had to pay some price. Zhou Yu's command had few soldiers and horses, and a large number of soldiers were coming from Yangzhou. He didn't want to be picked by others.

Yangzhou was raining heavily, like a hole in the sky, but the northern part of Qingzhou was clear and cloudless. Anyang County belonged to Qingzhou Taiyang Prefecture, connected to Zhongzhou in the west and Yunzhou in the north. This place has now become a southwest logistics center in the Xinhuang controlled area.

To the southwest of Anyang is Zhongzhou, but at this moment, there are many forces in Zhongzhou. First, they are the princes who are respectful, and then they split out and choose to be loyal to the new emperor. There are also the soldiers who are swaying left and right, guarding one city and one place, but they don’t know which side to stand. Of course, outside these three routes, there are the soldiers and horses in Zhongzhou and the rebels from all over the place caused by the chaos in the war.

It can be said that this side is very chaotic, and to the southeast of Anyang, there are the upper and lower hills of Taiyang Prefecture. These two counties are facing the foot of Mount Tai in the east, with many mountains and lush trees. They have always been a place where bandits gather. During the peaceful season, they are not clean, but now they are growing stronger and stronger, and the situation in the two counties is also unstable.

To the south of the two counties is the Qubufu County, Chi County, and Chi County District Yancheng, which is also swaying from side to side at this moment, with a look of waiting for a price. To the south, it is the southern part of Qingzhou occupied by Prince Qing.

Anyang County, the county garrison yamen, has been requisitioned by Bai Qi as the tent of the Pingnan Xingying Camp. On a huge table is covered with a map of the Empire Qingzhou, with marked rivers and mountains on it. Although the map is a bit old, its importance is self-evident.

"Master General!" A sound of footsteps came from outside, and he entered the room, and said with a fist to Bai Qi who was frowning and looking at him.

"Thank you for your hard work, Wen Yuan, the Fourth Division took over was quite smooth!" Bai Qi's current official position is a lot, not to mention the empty titles for the time being. There are only a lot of military positions, such as the General of the National Protection, the Military Affairs Department's Political Consultative Affairs, the Deputy Commander of the Imperial Guard, the Commander of the Third Imperial Army Corps, the General Manager of the Pingnan Army, the General of the Admiral, and the Military Envoy of the Qing Dynasty. Although it is far from the Grand Marshal of the World promised by Situ Ming, there is no way to do so. The position of the Grand Marshal of the Three Kingdoms has never been controlled by the Duke of the Three Kingdoms.

Zhang Liao nodded. Before, Zhang Liao commanded a part of the wolf cavalry, formed a wolf cavalry camp and merged into the Third Imperial Army, and had been following Bai Qi in Zhongzhou. However, Zhang Liao was only the commander of the first brigade before. However, this time Bai Qi led his troops to help Prince Yun take the throne. Although he was the leader of the army later, he was only a meritorious person to seize the dragon and received many titles. He also formed the Fourth Division with his headquarters.

In the past, except for the 13th Division, under Bai Qi's control, the 2, 4 and 5 were all appointed others, and many of them were the result of checks and balances of power. However, the 2, 4 and 5th Divisions left in Zhongzhou were the first to clean up.

In the end, most of the brigade commanders defected to Prince You, and the rest were either killed or fled eastward. After gathering the defeated troops, there were 20,000 to 30,000 troops, so let's get together, add some new recruits, and reorganize these two divisions.

Although Bai Qi had some confidants around him, he did not have any talent for leading troops. Zhang Liao was considered one. After all, the two had a common master and could be entrusted. Bai Qi finally thought about the other candidate, and Zhang Liao reminded him and transferred Zhao Yun to his command.

"The morale of the army is not high. Fortunately, most of them have seen soldiers on the battlefield. They only waited for the soldiers to be fully equipped. After training for ten days and half a month, they got familiar with it, and then followed the chief executive to fight a good fight. After winning a few games, they would almost be able to integrate! Is there no news from General Zhao? His Fifth Division is much more complicated than my Fourth Division! There are still many new recruits."

"It should be soon. News came from Dijing that the Fifth Division has set off and will probably arrive in seven or eight days. As for the specific situation, let's see it when you come!"

Bai Qi said that he didn't have much confidence, and had a few days of dealing with Zhao Yun and Bai Qi, and then he stayed in the Youzhou Legion. Zhao Yun and Li Yuanba followed the young master south to Chuzhou. His martial arts skills were not weak, but he had no idea about the ability to lead troops.

"Looking at the general's frown, but I'm in trouble!" Zhang Liao glanced at the map on the table and asked differently.

"It's not that the trouble is, but the situation is too chaotic. We have only tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in our hands. If we want to go south to take Huai River into our pockets, it is like taking a chestnut from a fire. The terrain here is complicated, with many mountains and rivers. Not to mention that there are not many soldiers and horses in my hands, even if there are, this game will not be easy to start!"

Zhang Liao also nodded. The chaos in Qingzhou is even more than Zhongzhou. Zhongzhou is a smooth road after all, while Qingzhou is surrounded by three rivers and one mountain. Not to mention that there are the four great masters of Yancheng who are said to be rich and powerful, there are countless rebellious anti-army bandits in Mount Tai. In the south, there are Prince Qing who is fighting for the Huai River. All of them are easy to deal with, but Huai River must be taken down, and Huai salt production is the imperial tax.

In this chaotic world, money is the basis.
Chapter completed!