Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

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As soon as Li Tianhe finished speaking, the people in the cesspit stood up, supported the bluestone slab above with both hands and began to exert force slowly.

After a few breaths, the bluestone slab was pushed open a gap.

Large streams of stagnant water poured in from outside, and the rainwater in the cesspit kept increasing.

Not long after, they lifted the bluestone slab above the cesspool.

"go!"

Li Tianhe said something in a low voice, and crawled out.

The servants inside also protected Wu Tong and climbed out of the cesspit.

"Cover the bluestone slab!"

After everyone climbed out, Li Tianhe pointed to the opened bluestone slab and said hastily.

The servant who crawled out pushed the bluestone slab onto the cesspool in the dark, covering the cesspool within a short time.

The rainwater flowed down their clothes non-stop, and Li Tianhe and the others started to walk slowly towards the outside of the city after the bluestone slab was covered.

"It is estimated that there are rebel guards guarding all the gates of the city, so we should find another way to get out of the city." Li Tianhe and others ran into a small alley in the heavy rain.

"What way?" Wu Xuan looked at Li Tianhe with a puzzled expression.

Li Tianhe said: "I remember that there is a drainage channel not far from the city gate in the south of the city. This drainage channel connects all the sewers and drainage ditches in the city, and drains the accumulated water in the city into the moat outside the city. Can run out of town from there.

I remember that a month ago, the governor ordered people to clear this drainage channel. Moreover, this drainage channel is located under the city wall, so it is relatively hidden, and we can just escape. "

The ancient drainage system was actually very developed, especially the key cities in ancient times.

Taiyuan is the provincial capital of Shanxi, and there is the Fen River outside the city, so the drainage system of Taiyuan Prefecture is also very developed.

In addition to the drainage ditches on the surface of the ground, there are drainage channels made of pottery pipes underground.

Making sewers with pottery pipes was very common in ancient times. The sewers of Chang'an City in Tang Dynasty were made of pottery pipes.

The drain that Li Tianhe mentioned was not too far from the southern city wall, that is, less than one mile away.

This drainage channel passes through the root of the southern city wall, and was specially reserved on the foundation of the city wall when the city wall was built.

In order to prevent water from flooding the foundation, this sewer is made of pottery pipes, and the outside of the pottery pipes is wrapped with waterproof materials such as sackcloth soaked in tung oil and charcoal.

The reason why this drainage channel is so shallow is to facilitate dredging.If you encounter a siege, you can also use stones to block the sewers.

This drainage channel is exposed on the ground before reaching the city wall, with a depth of about 1.5 meters six, which is a relatively deep ditch.

"I remember such a thing, I think this method will work!" Wu Sheng couldn't think of a better method, and agreed with Li Tianhe's method.

Li Tianhe nodded heavily, "In that case, let's go."

As soon as the voice fell, these people headed towards the south of the city.

Along the way, they encountered patrolling soldiers several times. Because of their high vigilance and the weather, they were always able to avoid these patrolling soldiers before they found them.

When they came to a position less than two miles away from the southern city wall, they stopped.

At this time, they were very close to the soldiers stationed near the gate of the southern city wall.

Although they couldn't see clearly the barracks where soldiers were stationed at the city gate, they could still guess.

They braved the heavy rain, bowed their bodies, and walked slowly towards the drainage channel in the rainy night.

After a while, they came to a drain.

This gutter is the gutter of the same gutter.

As soon as I walked near the drainage ditch, I could hear the rushing sound of the water flowing in the drainage ditch.

The water on the surrounding ground also kept pouring into it.

"This is the drainage ditch. It leads directly to the drainage ditch in the south of the city. Brothers, you must hold hands when you go down, and don't be washed away by the water."

Li Tianhe walked cautiously to the edge of the ditch, and whispered to everyone.

At this time, there was a lot of rain in the canal. When Li Tianhe and others went down, they had already reached the navel.

Li Tianhe and the others held hands, bent over, and walked with difficulty in the canal.

Because of the strong current, it is very difficult for these people to walk. If they walk unsteadily, they will be washed away by the current.

It is only less than two miles from here to the city wall. According to normal conditions, it would take a quarter of an hour or two. However, due to the current, it took half an hour to reach the city wall.

"Now take a deep breath, hold your breath, and go under."

Li Tianhe walked in the front, he turned around, shouted at the people behind, then took a deep breath, lowered his head, pressed against the water, and walked out from under the city wall.

The servant behind him and Wu Tong also took a deep breath, and followed closely behind Li Tianhe.

After Li Tianhe and the others entered the drain, they were still holding hands, showing no sign of letting up.

Walking in the drainage channel, the current keeps pushing people forward. If they are not holding hands, they will probably be washed away by the current soon.

Everyone walked in the gutter at an extremely slow speed.

After about a quarter of an hour, everyone finally walked out of the drain and came to the drain outside the city wall.

The outfall is more than one meter high from the moat, and the rainwater in the outfall pours into the moat.

"Jump down, into the moat, and swim across the moat."

Li Tianhe yelled at the people behind him, then pushed away the servant's hand behind him, and jumped straight down from the drain.

"Plop!" With a sound, Li Tianhe jumped into the moat.

Because the water from the drain kept pouring into the moat, the sound of splashes he made when he jumped into the water was quickly covered.

After Li Tianhe jumped into the moat, the servants behind him also started to jump into the moat.

Wu Zhen's position is in the middle, so it won't be long before it's his turn.

Wu Zhen took a deep breath and jumped down from the drain.

The moat is very deep, about three meters.

It's also fortunate that Wu Xin can swim, otherwise, he would definitely not be able to bear it all at once.

It didn't take long for everyone to swim to the opposite side of the moat.

At this time, the rain in the sky became heavier and heavier.

Taiyuan Prefecture and other places were dry for a whole summer in summer, and after entering autumn, it was like revenge, and the sky rained non-stop.

Li Tianhe stood opposite the moat and began to count the number of people.Fortunately, one is not bad.

"Brothers, let's escape now, hurry to the south wall!"

Li Tianhe was wet all over, and there was no dry place on his body.

Rainwater kept dripping from his clothes, and he could hardly keep his eyes open under the downpour.

Although Wu Xuan is a scholar, he didn't say much at this time.

"Let's go!" Li Tianhe gave an order, and these people protected Wu Sheng, and started running towards the south continuously in the rainy night.

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Chapter 408

At the same time, Huguang soldiers and horses have also arrived in the capital.

This time, there were more than 3000 Huguang soldiers and horses.

After these troops entered the capital, Chongzhen handed them over to Hong Chengchou. In addition to these soldiers, Chongzhen also transferred more than 3000 firearms soldiers from the Shenji Camp and handed them over to Hong Chengchou.

The current Hong Chengchou was named the Grand Marshal of the World's Soldiers and Horses by Chongzhen, and he holds his own Qin Army, Datong Army and Guan Ning Army in his hands.

The total force in hand has also reached more than 5 people.

Moreover, Chongzhen also spent a lot of money. In order to keep these soldiers fighting, he directly opened up his internal funds and transferred a lot of money to Hong Chengchou.

This is also his last family property. In order to be successful, Chongzhen didn't care about anything.

At this time, Hong Chengchou had already led these soldiers and horses away from the capital two days ago, heading towards Xuanzhen.

Because Zhao Wen has raised troops now, Zhao Wen has sent a large number of secret guard spies in the capital.

Not long after Hong Chengchou set off, the hidden guards in the capital sent the order back to Xuanzhen.

After Liu Wenzhong saw the news, he didn't feel the slightest bit. In his opinion, with Xuanzhen's current strength, the imperial court wanted to deal with Xuanzhen. It is not something the court can deal with.

At this time, Hong Chengchou has led an army of [-] to Changping Prefecture, and there is still a lot of distance from the east defense line of Xuanzhen.

Xuanzhen's east defense line is 6 horses away, including [-] cavalry.

The weapons and equipment used by these 6 horses are similar to those of Zhao Wen's Chinese army.

These 6 horses were stationed in Qingyangkou, Dishuiyabao and Chang'an.

Each of these three places stationed [-] troops.

Among them, Wang Chong led 2 people to garrison at Qingyangkou, Zhang He led [-] people to garrison at Dishuiyabao, and as for the Chang'an station, it was Zhou Laoliu who had been active in Pingyang Mansion before.

Before Zhao Wen left, Zhao Wen transferred Song Hu and Liu Wu back from these two places, so Zhao Wen dropped Zhou Laoliu from Pingyang Mansion to Chang'an Office.

Zhou Laoqi was also with Zhou Laoliu, and Zhou Laoba was left in Pingyang Mansion by Zhao Wen.

Although it rained heavily in Taiyuan Prefecture, it was cloudless in Changping Prefecture.

Hong Chengchou brought the army into Zhoucheng, Changping Prefecture, and stationed in the military camp of Changping Prefecture.

As for the original guard soldiers in Changping Prefecture, they were sent home by Hong Chengchou.

But even so, the troops he led still couldn't be stationed.

As a result, some people were stationed outside the barracks.

Hong Chengchou was sitting in the hall of the Changping Prefecture Yamen at this time. He was wearing a scarlet official uniform and looked at the many generals sitting in the hall.

"Everyone, we are still more than 200 miles away from Xuandong's defense line. If you have any good suggestions or opinions, you can put them forward!"

Hong Chengchou sat on the main seat, looked at the crowd, and asked.

As soon as he finished speaking, Hong Chengchou's direct descendant, General He Renlong of the Qin Army, stood up.

"My lord, the meaning of the last general is that we should gather our troops in one place and directly attack Chang'an. The distance between Qingyangkou and Dishuiya Fort is relatively close, and the distance is only thirty or forty miles. If we attack somewhere in these two places , the rebels in another place will definitely come to help in a short time.

And Qingyangkou and Dishuiya Fort are close to the side wall, relying on the side wall, it is difficult for us to attack them.

And Chang'an is also nearly a hundred miles away from the nearest Dishuiya Fort. If we are fast, we will definitely be able to take Chang'an by the time the rebels at Qingyangkou and Dishuiyabao react. "He Renlong's voice was like a bell, and the voice kept echoing in the hall.

He Renlong, a native of Mizhi County, Shaanxi Province, was born as a martial artist. He is very skilled in martial arts and has outstanding abilities.

When following Hong Chengchou to suppress bandits in Shaanxi, he made repeated military exploits. He was the number one general under Hong Chengchou, and Hong Chengchou also valued He Renlong more.

"General He is right. I agree with General He very much. The strength of the rebel army is not comparable to ours. It can be seen just by taking Yanmen Pass in a short period of time. Although we have [-] soldiers and horses in our hands, but These [-] soldiers and horses must not be separated. If they were separated, they would definitely be defeated by the rebels one by one.

Therefore, I also agree with General He's view that the soldiers should unite as one and take the lead in attacking the isolated and helpless Chang'an Institute. "Guan Ningjun Zu Dashou stood up and expressed his opinion.

Wu Sangui is now commanding the troops of Datong. Although he is vigorous and powerful now, he also knows the gap between his side and Xuanzhen. If he divides his troops to attack these three places, his death will only be worse.

Hong Chengchou sat on the main seat, stroking his beard and nodding non-stop, "You are right, this officer also thinks the same way, the power of the rebel army is indeed not something we can contend with, there is still a chance if the soldiers unite, but If we divide our forces, we will probably suffer a disastrous defeat."

"In this case, start to speed up tomorrow and arrive at Chang'an Office within three days!" Hong Chengchou stood up, patted the table, and gave an order.

At this time, in the city of Chang'an, Zhou Laoliu was sitting in the hall of the government office, holding a military newspaper that had just been delivered and looking at it.

Zhou Laoqi sat on his lower seat, looking at Zhou Laoliu anxiously.

"Brother Six, what is written in the military newspaper? Read it to me quickly!" Zhou Laoqi asked anxiously.

Zhou Laoliu raised his head and looked at Zhou Laoqi, "When you were in Pingyang Mansion, you were asked to read more books and learn more characters, but you just didn't want to, now you know let me read it?"

Zhou Laoqi said with embarrassment: "Reading and writing are really difficult. Whenever I see characters like ants, I get a headache. I'm really not this kind of material. Besides, aren't there counselors in the army? There are counselors." Now, I don’t need to read and write.”

"I really don't know what to say about you!" Zhou Lao Liu pointed at Zhou Lao Qi, hating iron for being weak.

"Brother Six, what did the military newspaper say?" Zhou Laoqi asked again impatiently.

Zhou Laoliu put down the military newspaper in his hand and said, "According to our spies' reports, Hong Chengchou has now led the army to Changping Prefecture, which is more than 200 miles away from our Chang'an office.

This Hong Chengchou is not an ordinary person either. He stayed in Shaanxi for such a long time and wiped out many thieves and bandits, and he is also a person who knows military affairs.

I estimate that he is very likely to lead all the troops under his command to attack my Chang'an office. "