Chapter 900 Fei Yi
The rain kept falling, and Chen Ying and Mi Fang sat opposite each other downstairs, looking at each other in silence.
It's just that when people see this scene, they feel it's a bit pretentious.
Chen Ying is indeed lamenting the future of Xuzhou, but is he really lamenting the livelihood of Xuzhou? Did he know that while he was looking at the rain melancholy, there was a group of people busy in the heavy rain.
It's not that they don't know that they will get sick if they get exposed to the rain, but the family's livelihood is on their shoulders and they can't stop.
It's not that they don't want to find a place to hide from the rain, but the pressure from the government is getting worse day by day, and they don't dare to stop.
They are not longing for the end of this ox-horse life, but it seems that the hero and savior are always far away, maybe this is always
They are a group of porters and practitioners working on the edge of Mushui. As the hub of land and water development, Kaiyang needs to transport a large amount of materials to the city every day.
So even if it rains heavily, they still carry the goods in the rain and compete against time.
But they didn't know that from this night on, their lives would undergo earth-shaking changes.
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In the thick rain and fog, thousands of soldiers of the front army were walking in raincoats.
They were none other than Taishi Ci and the other six thousand cavalry.
Walking through the Nimeng Valley Road, you will be surrounded by peaks and ridges with thick ink on both sides, and at your feet is the bank of Wu River. Everyone marched silently, wearing raincoats.
Even if one or two fell down in the mud, they were quickly picked up by the robes and continued walking.
In the middle of the team, General Youyi Taishi Ci was both happy and irritated.
Taishi Ci should be lucky, because if this heavy rain continues for a few more days, the Wushui in the Nimeng Valley Road will definitely flood.
When the road is flooded, no matter how powerful they are, they will not be able to break through the Nimeng Passage and enter Xuzhou.
In this way, the king's entire plan will be delayed, and even the entire battle will be affected by this.
So it was a blessing to encounter this heavy rain just after they were about to walk out of Nimon Passage.
But Taishi Ci was still upset, because the heavy rain greatly slowed down the marching speed of the team, and the horses had been exposed to the rain for a long time. Once they got sick, they would fall down in droves.
Their 6,000 cavalrymen had to rely on their war horses to complete the mission of moving to Jianghuai. If half of them died of illness, the mission would still not be completed.
Therefore, Taishi Ci was so worried that he burned out several big blisters at the corners of his mouth, which hurt when touched.
Moreover, it was getting darker and darker, and they could not see the front, rear, left or right roads. They could only dismount and walk, and the marching speed became even slower.
At this time, a sentry rider in front took the risk and ran back. After reaching Chang Diao in front and whispering, Chang Diao hurried to Tai Shici's side.
Chang Diao said respectfully to Tai Shi Ci:
"General, You Yi reported from the front that he had seen Feixian County."
Taishi Ci was overjoyed but tried to control his emotions, nodded and said:
"Then take action. Soldiers can no longer be exposed to the rain in the wild. Even if people can bear it, horses can't."
Chang Diao nodded, and then ran back again. The You Yi was still waiting in the distance.
Chang Diao waved to You Yi, who galloped back again.
It was raining so heavily, and it was so difficult to see my fingers, and it was so dangerous to run all the way.
But it won't work if you don't do this, because the Nimeng Passage, as the first way into Xu, is not a smooth thoroughfare.
It has an important city, Feiyi.
In fact, as early as the Shang and Zhou dynasties, a Dongyi force, Xu Yi, emerged in the Jianghuai area of Xuzhou.
At first, they were conquered by the wise king Wu Ding of the merchants, but later they rebelled from the merchants. At the end of the Shang Dynasty, Emperor Yi and Emperor Xin launched a large army against Xu Yi and finally conquered this area.
But it was precisely because of the use of troops in the southeast that the merchants were defeated by the Zhou people in the Central Plains, and were finally destroyed by the Zhou people.
But at that time, Wu Geng, the son of King Zhou of Shang, still led the tribesmen living in the Central Plains and Xu Fang, as well as Dongyi, to resist the Zhou royal family.
It was not until later that Duke Zhou and King Cheng led their troops to march eastward, which lasted for three years, and finally suppressed the Xu Yi, Huai Yi and other Jianghuai native ethnic groups.
But the war between the two sides did not end there. From the Western Zhou Dynasty to the early years of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the Zhou people continued to have wars with the Xu Rong, Huaiyi, and Jingman tribes.
It was not until the period of King Xuan of Zhou that he launched another large-scale southern expedition and finally defeated Xu Fang.
In order to prevent these Dongyi from revolting again, the King of Zhou enfeoffed a large number of meritorious officials in this area. Among them, the Nimeng Passage, which was the passage from the Central Plains into Xuzhou, was the top priority of the enfeoffment.
Originally there was a feudal state here, called Fei State.
Fei State was first a vassal state of Xia, but later during the Shang and Zhou dynasties, it judged the situation and joined Shang Tang's side, and it became a vassal state of Shang from then on.
Even Fei Zhong, a famous treacherous official during the Shang Dynasty, was the king of Fei State.
Later, during Duke Zhou's eastward expedition, he destroyed the ancient Fei Kingdom and assigned the territory at that time to the Lu State, which was his son's fiefdom at the time.
However, after the land of Fei State was transferred to Lu State, it was not in the hands of the monarch. Instead, the land was enfeoffed to the officials of Lu State.
When the latter doctor died, the land was taken back by the King of Lu and granted to Ji You again.
This was a landmark event in the Lu State at that time, because after that, the Ji family became the strongest of the three Huan clans in the Lu State, able to influence the political affairs of the Lu State.
This shows the importance of Feiyi, or to be precise, the importance of the Nimon Passage. Whoever controls this place controls the throats of Lu and Xu.
It is precisely because of this that if Taishi Ci wants to successfully pass through the Nimeng Pass, he will not only have to deal with the trouble of heavy rain, but also need to capture the choke point of Feiyi.
But that's the way it is, if you lose something, you'll make up for it.
The heavy rain delayed the march of the Taishan Army and also covered up the traces of their march. At this time, how could the Xuzhou Army in Feiyi imagine that a Taishan Army would attack them in the rain?
Just now, Taishi Ci ordered a group of Taishan Army soldiers who had been lurking outside Feyi City to take action.
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There is a small dock next to Feiyi, and you can go directly to Kaiyang behind it through Wushui next to it.
In fact, this is not surprising. In this era of low productivity, human residence and activities actually revolve around the river valley.
Therefore, every city has a waterway next to it. Otherwise, the cost of living in the city would be too high.
Because of the heavy rain, the Wu River overflowed the pier here and soaked the roots of Feiyi's city wall.
The city wall of Feiyi is still made of rammed earth. Once it is soaked in water for a long time, there is definitely a risk of collapse.
But it seems that the Xuzhou soldiers in Feiyi didn't care too much about this, and no one went out of the city to build a waterproof embankment at the dock.
So water poured in from the city gate hole, filling the streets with water that was half a foot deep.
Because of this, there were no patrols on the streets in the city, and everyone seemed to be hiding in their homes to take shelter from the rain.
However, compared to the empty streets, Feiyi City was overcrowded.
If nothing else, there are a large number of poor people living in low-lying areas in the city. Their homes have been flooded, and they can only hide in the tower with their few poor belongings.
Although it is also wet here, it can be tolerated with a few sheds.
After all, otherwise, they would have to stay in the water. But they were lucky. The heavy rain started in the afternoon and had lightened up a lot by the time it got dark. At least they didn't have to worry about the heavy rain knocking over the shed at night.
Just like that, in the heavy rain, Feiyi was dark and lifeless.
From time to time, the sound of trembling cheeks could be heard on the top of the city, and only a little light appeared in the house under the gate.
There was the resting place of the Xuzhou Army on the top of the city. There was not only the light from candles, but also the warmth from dry wood.
But even though the refugees on the top of the city were shivering in the wind and rain, no one dared to approach that area.
There was another burst of lightning, lighting up the city for a while, and then it fell into darkness again.
In the darkness, it seemed that a child finally couldn't help crying to his relatives:
"Eminem, I'm cold!"
His mother hugged him distressedly, stroked his back, and comforted:
"Sleep, you won't be cold anymore."
With that said, his mother covered her son with the only piece of clothing they brought out, and continued to comfort him that it would be sunny tomorrow.
Feiyi is indeed an important city, but administratively it does belong to Taishan County and belongs to Yanzhou, not Xuzhou.
The reason why the Xuzhou Army took Feiyi now was because they took advantage of the chaos under the leadership of Zang Ba when the heroes of Yanzhou collapsed.
Sometimes people's mentality is very strange.
Although Feiyi belongs to Yanzhou, in fact it is more similar to Xuzhou in terms of distance and culture.
But after the Xuzhou Army entered the city, they regarded it as enemy territory and treated the people below very cruelly.
And what is very confusing is that Xuzhou Army clearly knows the importance of Fei Yi, otherwise it would not take the initiative to occupy Fei Yi, but the operation of Xuzhou Army does not seem to be to defend Fei Yi.
In addition to the fact that the Feiyi people were not regarded as their own, they did not pay much attention to Feiyi's city defense.
Take the dock outside the city. In fact, the local county officials have said several times before that it needs to be repaired, otherwise it will definitely be flooded during heavy rains.
And Feiyi is made of rammed earth. Once it is soaked by water, the city will be in danger.
But these pertinent suggestions seemed to have no effect, and the Xuzhou troops in the city still went their own way.
Now because of the inaction of the Xuzhou Army, Feiyi was flooded, and the poor people in Luzuo had no choice but to take refuge on the top of the city.
These Xuzhou troops seemed to be doing well and were willing to leave the city wall to the people.
But the real situation is that the Xuzhou Army didn't care at all. Instead, they had been in the gatehouse since the heavy rain and didn't care about the outside.
It was also some bold people who took the lead in going to the top of the city, and that's why so many people followed suit.
It was on such a stormy night that ten ropes were thrown up to the top of the city at once.
Soon, ten men in black climbed to the top of the city with daggers in their mouths and knives stuck in their backs.
As soon as they came up, they were shocked.
It turned out that the city was already crowded with people. When they came up, countless pairs of eyes looked at them in the dark night.
Under the pressure, these men in black drew their swords and pointed them at those people.
Lightning flashed again, and the roaring thunder covered up the sound of rain, and also illuminated the sword on the city head in a shocking light.
The child who had been shouting coldly just now was frightened, and then finally cried after the thunder.
His mother was frightened, covering her child's mouth tightly, and then looked at the men in black with pleading eyes.
In the lightning, these men in black had clearly seen the situation at the top of the city. They were just a group of ordinary people shivering in the wind and rain, not the Xuzhou Army.
When the child cried, a leading man in black put his finger to his mouth and tried his best to smile to make himself less scary.
But he doesn't know that even if he behaves kindly, people won't see it.
It can only mean that this was an act he made subconsciously.
But I don’t know if his smile is really contagious or if it’s just the comfort of the child’s mother. Anyway, the child didn’t cry anymore. Instead, he stared at the men in black curiously with bright black eyes.
Even though he was not old, he could still guess that these men in black must be targeting those bad Xuzhou people.
Children all understand this truth, how come the Feiyi people on the city don't know it? This is why they have remained silent.
But they didn't take the initiative to speak, because although they didn't know how to count, they could still tell which of the black-clothed men and the Xuzhou Army in the tower was more numerous.
They did not dare to get involved in this matter, even though they were emotionally happy to see those Xuzhou people killed.
But the child didn't understand. He pointed to the leading man in black in the direction of the city tower, indicating that the Xuzhou army was there.
The man in black smiled kindly after being reminded and had a good impression of the child.
Then he nodded to the companions behind him, and they stepped on the puddles and silently moved towards the city gate tower.
It was only now that the child discovered that these men in black were all wearing pairs of fine waterproof cowhide boots. He subconsciously glanced at his bare feet and felt longing for the first time in his life.
It would be great if I could wear shoes like this one day.
This group of men in black is naturally You Yi sent by Taishi Ci. The leader of the man in black is Sun Li. He is from Youzhou. He is not very young but has already gained a small reputation in the army.
This time he was selected by his boss as the first to reach the city.
Sun Li looked very nervous at the moment. He knew that his condition was actually not good.
These sudden cavalry under Taishi Ci came from Youping and Daibei. When had these places ever seen such heavy rain, it was almost like digging holes in the sky.
He was soaked by the rain and even his head was a little dazed, but when Sun Li asked them to sign up to participate in Mocheng, he was still the first to go.
Without him, if military merit is not established at this time, when will it be achieved?
Sun Li was not a blind man. He came from a family of military officials in the North. Although he did not have a big background, he was familiar with the rules of the army.
It is true that the military values military merit, but it also values seniority.
And what qualifications are most likely to be the watershed moment? Isn’t it just before and after unification?
Now Sun Li is about to reach the level of an official. Once he can officially become a military official before unification, his future will naturally be bright.
On the other hand, if he fails to be promoted to a military officer after reunification, he will waste countless opportunities in the future. This is absolutely intolerable to an ambitious young man.
Therefore, no matter how uncomfortable it is, Sun Li will touch this city today.
At this moment, he quietly walked towards the gate tower with nine You Yi who had the same background.
At this time, they don't know that the child who just gave them guidance will make a strong mark in the history of Da Tai in the future.
At this moment, they just want to achieve their own merits in exchange for being famous in the future.