The Golden Age: Reed

Suzhou Governor's Mansion.

Qian Guanghan took Suzhou in his hands in less than two days.

For him, the two most important weapons for controlling Suzhou are soldiers and silver.

With soldiers in hand, it is easy to find money from Suzhou, and with money in hand, it is not difficult for soldiers and horses to follow orders.

After taking control of Suzhou, Qian Guanghan directly entered the Cishi Mansion and made the Cishi Mansion the center of various orders.

"Master, the thirteen families in Suzhou with faces and families have already stamped their handprints on the allegiance book." Wei Tairan smiled and reported to Qian Guanghanhui: "Up to now, they have donated 70 in total. Thirty thousand taels of cash, in addition to donation of 20,000 shi of grain, the silver and grain have been put into storage. In addition, the Sun family’s 2,000 shi of grain will arrive at the Suzhou pier today, and the Sun family also actively donated the two thousand shi of grain. People have been sent to the dock, and when the grain arrives, it will be transported directly into the warehouse."

The thirteen families in Suzhou are naturally no longer among the seven surnames in the south of the Yangtze River, but they are all respectable families in Suzhou.

Qian Guanghan naturally knew that in order to control Suzhou, he must first control these thirteen families. He wrote a post and invited the clan chiefs of the thirteen families to discuss matters.

Qian Guanghan did not come forward, but Wei Tairan came forward to receive him.

If ordinary people in Suzhou haven't realized what happened, the thirteen houses in Suzhou have keenly caught the sudden change. If they only face Wei Tairan, they may dare to fight for reasons, but face With heavily armed soldiers and horses, they dare not say a word "no".

Donating money for safety is a matter of course.

"Jiande, what's the situation on your side?" Qian Guanghan was satisfied with the cooperation of the 13th in Suzhou, with a smile on his face, he looked at the stout man under Wei Tairan.

"The subordinates summoned the leader of the small gang in Suzhou city, and according to the grandfather's order, each gave a thousand taels of silver." The thick and strong man arched his hands: "Last night, the congregations of the gangs have gathered. There are more than 2,300 people in total, and they have sworn to follow the grandfather to the death."

Qian Guanghan smiled with satisfaction: "These people are desperadoes. Except for you, Du Jiande, most people can't help it. Jiande, these two thousand people, will be handed over to you to command them, and they have been brought back to court. Go get the weapons. The weapons will be delivered to the city by tonight at the latest. Then you can go to the court and equip them with weapons. Your boss, Du, is like the emperor of the earth in the Suzhou underworld, and you will lead them without fail."

"Subordinates abide by the order." Du Jiande arched his hands: "Master, how are these people arranged?"

"Arrange these people in the four gates of Suzhou City." Yuan Changling said suddenly: "Master, don't let these people be responsible for the city's public security. They have developed the habit of bullying the weak in the gang. If they are allowed to patrol the city, it will be bound to Many people will suffer. At this time, the city should not be chaotic, let alone let the people in the city feel grievances, otherwise it will be very detrimental to us."

"What Changling said is extremely true." Qian Guanghan nodded and said: "Jiande, after receiving the weapon, you will assign these people to guard the city gate."

Du Jiande arched his hands: "Comply with the order."

"Master, there are already two star generals entering the city right now, bringing more than four thousand congregations." Yuan Changling said: "By tomorrow night, the other star generals will also arrive on time. By then, there will be more than 10,000 congregations entering the city. "After a pause, he whispered softly: "But I don't know when the general will arrive?"

Qian Guanghan said: "The general strategizes tactics

, when it's time to appear, it will naturally appear, so don't worry. "

"Master, as the various teams arrived in Suzhou one after another, within three days, there will be nearly 20,000 soldiers and horses on the Suzhou side." Wei calmly said: "None of us have experience in commanding soldiers and horses. Liu Hongju is still chasing Musk Moon. If the general cannot arrive in time, so many soldiers and horses will enter the city, and there will inevitably be a lot of trouble at that time."

Qian Guanghan nodded slightly, his face dignified, and asked: "It's not that the traces of Musk Moon have been found, can there be news from Liu Hongju?"

"Musyue is not just with Qin Xiao." Wei Tairan said: "They have other people in Suzhou City to take care of them. Traveling south. On the way, the men of Shenshuiyuan just happened to ran into them, but the group of people under Sheyue was not weak, and the gangsters of Shenshuiyuan were not rivals, and they escaped. After receiving the news, Liu Hongju rushed to them in person. At the scene, it was found that the team had turned to the west and fled along the south bank of Taihu Lake. Unsurprisingly, they should have wanted to escape to Jianghuai and travel north by Jianghuai."

"As long as they leave Suzhou, things will be very troublesome." Qian Guanghan frowned: "Liu Hongju is carrying cavalry, hasn't he caught up with them?"

Wei Tairan said: "My grandfather, don't worry. The road to Jianghuai has to climb over the mountains and the roads are difficult to navigate, and the letter has been sent to Liu Tuluo. His people do not need to come to Suzhou for the time being. They are going to Jianghuai. There was an ambush on the road, and the westward road was difficult to move a single step. Liu Hongju also chased after two hundred cavalry, and it was difficult for the moon to fly."

There is an ambush in front and chasing soldiers behind, it is indeed difficult to fly with wings.

Qian Guanghan looked a little better, and then said: "Tairan, you have to hurry up and collect the grain and grass from all over Suzhou as soon as possible to make adequate preparations. Although the food in Suzhou is still abundant. , But just in case, more is better."

Wei Tairan nodded and said: "The subordinates are already doing it. In addition, the subordinates have sent people to gather all the craftsmen in Suzhou and step up to build more weapons."

"Yes." Qian Guanghan said with a smile: "If you have to deal with these things calmly, the old man can sit back and relax." Raised his hand and caress his beard, his eyes were deep: "Now I only have to wait for Liu Hongju to bring Musk Moon back. The banner is up."

Of course Liu Hongju knew that Qian Guanghan had high hopes for him.

Ascertaining that the team turned in the direction of Jianghuai, Liu Hongju led two hundred elite cavalry from the Suzhou battalion to chase them all the way, but after chasing them for a whole day, they never saw the trail of that team.

He knew that the team would never go down the highway, so he interrogated the people passing by along the way. In addition, he sent more than 20 cavalry as scouts, divided into a dozen teams, two teams, like a net forward. past.

At this moment, Liu Hongju's team stopped in a village on the edge of Taihu Lake, and sent someone to the village to inquire about it. The soldiers sent soon came back and reported: "My lord, the villagers said, half an hour ago, I saw a group of people stopped behind the village, but did not enter the village. It didn't take long to ride there. There were five or six horses. One of them was sitting on two people with a woman on his back."

Liu Hongju didn’t say a word, turned on his horse, Pegasus arrived on a road behind the village, got off the horse, squatted down and looked at the ground. There were still horseshoe prints on the ground. He raised his head and looked towards Ahead, sneered: "Look where you can go." After getting on the horse, with a wave of hands, the cavalry followed Liu Hongju with a hula and chased forward.

Knowing that the target is ahead, Liu Hong's giant horse keeps running, and the cavalry are like wolves like tigers.

After chasing dozens of miles away, I heard a person saying: "My lord, they are in front." He raised his hand and pointed forward.

At this time, many cavalrymen saw that not far ahead, Shuqi was riding a horse galloping wildly. Liu Hong's giant horse kept running, raised his hand, and made a gesture. The cavalry immediately spread out, like hunting dogs chasing their prey. The cavalry all shouted, raised their arms, and the saber whirled, making an ear-piercing sound.

Gu Baiyi and his party are riding horses rushing wildly in front.

Hearing shouts coming from behind, Gu Baiyi looked calm and didn't panic at all. On the contrary, Yu Xuanwu, who was sitting behind Chen Zhitai, turned pale, grabbing Chen Zhitai's placket, and said in shock: "They... ...They are chasing."

Chen Zhitai heard the rumbling sound from behind, and his heart was also frizzy, but at this moment, naturally he couldn't show fear in front of Yu Xuanwu, and said loudly: "Madam, don't worry, I am here, and you will be safe and sound." He shouted forward: "Master Gu, they are chasing, what should I do?"

Gu Baiyi didn't understand, but he rode his horse towards the lake.

Taihu Lake has a radius of thousands of miles. This side belongs to the south bank of Taihu Lake. The dense reeds grow by the lake, which obscures the lakeside scenery of Taihu Lake.

The reeds spreading more than ten miles are like woods growing by the lake.

Liu Hongju's cavalry had already crossed Gu Baiyi and formed a half-moon shape. Gu Baiyi finally slowed down his horse speed, but in an instant, the cavalry had already placed Gu Baiyi and others on the shore of the lake alone.

Behind Gu Baiyi and the others is Taihu Lake, but there is already nowhere to go.

Liu Hongju urged him to move forward and glanced a few times, but frowned.

Because he didn't see Qin Xiao.

Gu Baiyi is still calm and composed, looking at Liu Hongju, Chen Zhitai has taken out the axe from his waist, facing the cavalry like wolves and tigers, his heart is hairy.

Liu Hongju's eyes finally fell on Chen Zhitai's side, and he saw Yu Xuanwu's figure behind Chen Zhitai. Because of Chen Zhitai's sturdy figure, he could not see Yu Xuanwu's face for a while, and said coldly: "Your Royal Highness, Please follow us back to Suzhou City."

Chen Zhitai couldn't help but said: "Who is the princess? Where is the princess?"

Liu Hongju's face sank, and he said coldly: "Who is behind you?"

"This..... This is Mrs. Wang, not the princess." Chen Zhitai said: "How can the princess be with us?"

Liu Hongju's face was even more stern, raised his hand, waved down, and there were cavalry behind him ready to rush over, but Gu Baiyi said calmly, "You are the leader of the Hangzhou camp, Liu Hongju?"

Liu Hongju shifted his gaze to Gu Baiyi's face and sneered: "Yes, who are you?"

"You betrayed the court?" Gu Baiyi's expression was calm, but his eyes were like a knife: "Do you know what the crime is for treason?"

Liu Hongju laughed and said, "Are you asking Lao Tzu?"

"I just want you to understand why you died here." Gu Baiyi said calmly: "You colluded with the Queen Mother's Association, betrayed the court, and murdered the princess. Naturally, you are damned!" The voice suddenly sank: "But someone Can you kill him?"

"I'll kill him!" A voice suddenly sounded in the reeds behind Gu Baiyi.

At this moment, a sharp arrow suddenly shot out from the reeds, piercing the air, hurriedly and quickly, and went straight to Liu Hongju.