Chapter 344

The red warbler did not dare to disobey Qin Huan's orders. Although she was unwilling, she could only watch Luo Rucai and more than a dozen other leaders go north with more than 10000 people and a hundred carts.

Ten thousand people, in addition to five thousand old thieves, the other five thousand are all women, children and a small number of old people, almost all of whom are the real family members of leaders of all sizes.

Apart from a thousand loads of grain, the fine gold and silver were not taken away.

Luo Rucai and others really don't care about those gold and silver. They care about their own beauties.

Luo Rucai alone occupied hundreds of young and beautiful women, and more than a dozen other leaders, ranging from 70 to 80 or 20 to 30. Coupled with many small leaders, it can be said that almost all the wives and ladies of the big families in the runing house were divided up by these hundreds of big and small leaders.

The other elite old thieves are divided into one or two servant girls at most, but now they are all cheap for the Chinese army. If you don't feel bad, it's definitely false.

Fortunately, all the old thieves are used to it. Let alone these women, they are real children and wives. When the situation is critical, they also say to give up and give up. It is absolutely unambiguous.

Counting money, food and materials, guarding prisoners and other things, Hongying handed over all of them to Li Yan and a group of civil servants. He took hundreds of military wives and began to select the rescued women at the first time.

After the selection, there were more than 400 wives and nearly 2000 young ladies in the big family. With literate servant girls and concubines, there were more than 5000 people.

Luo Rucai slaughtered almost all the big families in the whole runing house, and there were not only these women's dependents. In addition to some in various states and counties, most of the others could not bear humiliation and secretly committed suicide, accounting for almost half of the total.

After asking about the situation, the red warbler also hated her teeth and wanted to catch up with Luo Rucai and kill them all.

Hundreds of sympathetic wives comforted these women, who were devastated physically and mentally, and their emotions finally stabilized.

After all, the real kind of chaste martyr can't live until now.

After taking Ruyang City, almost all the other states and counties were captured, and the red warbler did not delay much. He just ordered that all literate women in all States and counties be taken to Ruyang, and then sent to Xiangyang together. He led the army north to sweep Kaifeng house.

Tens of thousands of young and strong people who were previously recruited have been reunited with their families. The Government Council will be responsible for distributing land and dividing villages and towns. Red warblers don't have to worry about these things at all.

The remaining 15000 old thieves in the city were organized into three independent battalions and went north with the army to become a glorious cannon fodder.

At the same time, Qin Huan was on his way south with his army. Because it was downstream and fast, when Lu Xiangsheng received the news, the two sides were about to bump into each other.

Originally, Lu Xiangsheng intended to assemble merchant ships near Yicheng and then get off the ship to attack Xiangyang, but he didn't expect that he was still in Chengtian mansion and Qin Huan came with a large army.

At first, Lu Xiangsheng thought their whereabouts were exposed. Qin Huan came to rob and kill. It can be seen that Qin Huan led his army down the river instead of stopping in Yicheng. He immediately understood.

Qin Huan didn't come to rob and kill them, but also prepared to sneak attack Wuchang. After understanding this.

"How is that possible? The little thief is always cautious in his use of troops. How can he take such a risk this time? Instead of reinforcing Suizhou, he sneaked into Wuchang. It really shouldn't be! "

In the cabin, Lu Xiangsheng was anxious with his back. At the same time, he couldn't figure out why he sneaked the attack. It was a helpless move. He tried his best to become benevolent if he didn't succeed.

But in his opinion, Qin Huan didn't need to take such a risk. He went hundreds of miles alone to attack Wuchang.

Although his 50000 heavenly heroes left Wuchang, Wuchang City is a big city after all. Unless Qin Huan can win it in a day or two, he will definitely face the end of being surrounded.

At that time, as long as the Han River waterway was blocked, the troops of Suizhou and Yuezhou returned to attack each other. Even if the Chinese Army wanted to rescue, it was too late. He didn't believe such a superficial truth. Qin Huan couldn't see it.

"Commander, it is reported that the thief army has passed Yicheng at dark. According to their ship speed, I'm afraid they will meet the fleet led by our army at midnight. What should we do now?"

All the generals were also flustered.

Because they take a merchant ship and the other side is downstream. Once they meet on the river, they will definitely suffer a heavy loss.

Moreover, hundreds of merchant ships of their size were divided into more than ten teams, stretching for hundreds of miles, but the other party's fleet was huddled together, only dozens of ships were assigned as outposts.

Facing this situation, Lu Xiangsheng also fell into meditation. At this time, he knew that it was impossible to sneak attack Xiangyang.

There were so many merchant ships on the Han River that Qin Huan was going to sneak into Wuchang through the waterway. He couldn't have been unaware of it, so there were only three ways in front of him.

The first way is to fight the other side on the river, but the other side is downstream, and their fleet is scattered, so there is no chance of winning.

The second way is to immediately turn around and return to the original way. In this way, the other party must not dare to go south again, and 80% will go ashore to Suizhou.

The third way is to sink a ship and block the road. The army landed on the spot and fought to the death with the other party on the shore.

After weighing the pros and cons, Lu Xiangsheng finally chose the third and sank the ship ashore, because depending on the size of the fleet, the number of the other party should not be as large as them. In addition, it is in Chengtian Prefecture, and the victory or defeat is at least five to five.

With Lu Xiangsheng's order, merchant ships directly docked at the wharf on the east bank, and then scuttled dozens of large ships in the center of the river.

The front fleet turned around and returned, while the rear fleet continued to drive. Lu Xiangsheng's fleet had only more than 3000 people, all landed in one hour, and then stationed in a small town ten miles from the river.

The next day, it was still dawn, Qin Huan and his fleet arrived at the sunken ship. After several ships in front of him ran aground, the fleet had to turn around.

Because I can't stop.

At this time, Qin Huan was standing on the deck of a hundred load ship. His face was as black as charcoal. He didn't expect that Lu Xiangsheng was so insidious. He built the plank road openly and concealed it.

If he hadn't thought of having the Xiao family as an insider, he could easily win Wuchang. Maybe he would really suffer a big loss.

"Report, king, the Ming army is gathering troops in Gaozhuang town 30 miles away from the east bank. There are a steady stream of merchant ships coming to the shore downstream. Depending on the size of the fleet, the force should be about 20000."

"Well, it seems that Lu Xiangsheng wants to fight to the death with me in Gaozhuang town. It's a pity that he knows too late, otherwise he'd better take more boats."

Qin Huan put up a shed and looked at the countless merchant ships on the downstream river. He regretted that although the waterway was blocked and the big ships could not pass, the small boats were not affected.

If at this time he had hundreds of small boats, all loaded with kindling things and rushed over, the war outcome would be absolutely huge.