"Twenty-three, sugar melon stick; twenty-four, house sweeping day; twenty-five, grinding tofu; twenty-six, stewing big meat; twenty-seven, killing roosters; twenty-eight, putting noodles; twenty-nine, putting them on; New Year's Eve, steaming buns; thirty-four, sautéing for a night, twisting on the first day of the Lunar New Year!"

Guzhou Prefecture is less than a hundred miles away from Fengyang, Zhongdu. At this time, it was already the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, and it snowed again overnight, with jade trees and jade flowers, and the world was white.

It was the time of the morning when the prefect Liu Changchun had just finished breakfast. It was the end of the year and the mansion would no longer deal with matters of all sizes and big things. He, the prefect, also enjoyed a rare and peaceful day. Yesterday's snow made the prefect who was a literati and exclaimed that the servants should not clean the back garden, but he wanted to enjoy the snow and write poems.

At this time, he was sitting in the pavilion, wearing a fox-collared and mouse-skinned jacket, squinted his eyes and looked at the snow hangings piled on the branches, and couldn't help but feel excited.

"A tree hanging in the mountains..."

"Mr. Tai..."

Just as Liu Changqing recited a poem, a sudden sound rang out. The sound was extremely urgent.

Liu Changqing looked at the back garden with great dissatisfaction. He was disturbed by a word and did not have the pleasure of continuing the poem.

He turned his head and saw that he was about forty years old and dressed in official uniform. This person was his subordinate, Zhang Dingyu, the magistrate of Guzhou.

But seeing Zhang Dingyu leaving very quickly, although it was cold, there was a layer of misty sweat on his head.

"Brother Dingyu, is there anything wrong?" Liu Changqing was so angry that he disappeared without a trace when he saw that it was Zhang Dingyu coming. The Chinese New Year was about to be celebrated. If he had no urgent matters, it would be absolutely impossible for him to disturb him at this time.

"Sir, there is an army outside the city, with about a thousand people." Zhang Dingyu took a few steps, bowed his hand slightly, and said urgently.

"What!"

This shock was extraordinary. Guzhou was less than a hundred miles away from Fengyang, Zhongdu. There was only one officer guarding the tomb in Fengyang City nearby. Fengyang City was the location of the imperial tomb. Zhu Yuanzhang's grandfather Zhu Chuyi, his father Zhu Wusi, and several brothers were buried here. This was the location of the imperial tomb. He could not enter without permission, let alone garrison. Now an army is coming. Could it be that the bandits are not a success?

"But the bandits are fighting." Liu Changqing thought of this, sweating like rain and body like sieve.

The bandits are all guys who kill without blinking. If they really come here, Guzhou City will be lost to a small amount, and I am afraid that even their own lives will be explained here.

"No!" Seeing Liu Changqing's fearful look, Zhang Dingyu smiled disdainfully, but completely forgot how he was when he first heard the news.

"What kind of army is that?" Liu Changqing's mood finally calmed down after hearing that it was not a bandit. He asked in confusion: "The New Year is coming soon, which army will set off at this time."

"It's the Ming army!"

"Ming Jun!" Liu Changqing was like a cat who was stepped on his tail, jumping too high.

"What a brave man, don't you know where Guzhou is?"

"Who is it? I have to study hard!"

Liu Changqing asked in a row, saying that he wanted to use his current righteous words to cover up his cowardly behavior just now.

"I don't know either, but according to the banner, the person who leads the army should be named Zuo."

"Whether he is surnamed Zuo or You, please send someone to pass on the message immediately. This place belongs to the Zhongdu gate. If you bring troops here, do you want to disturb the tomb?"

Seeing Liu Changqing who was magical, Zhang Dingyu felt extremely frustrated, but he had no choice but to be the first level of officialdom to crush people to death. He could only explain one sentence: "Mr. Tai, when the officials found this army, he had sent someone to pass the message. Unfortunately, the guards did not listen and they were camping outside the city. It seemed that they would have to live here for a long time."

"What?" Liu Changqing was furious: "Who is the other party? Can't you rebel?"

"Please move the head of the jade city to see!" Zhang Dingyu really didn't want to report any further, so he could only say vaguely.

"I just happened to see who is so brave and dared to stay near the Ma Emperor's Mausoleum." When Liu Changqing heard Zhang Dingyu's words, he was angry and said with a gesture.

Although it was morning, the city gates of Guzhou were closed. The usually bustling West Gate is now sparsely populated, and an army suddenly appeared here. Although it has not shown malice, it is a great shock to the residents inside and outside the city. There are also some gentry and literati who often report and know many major events in the world are already closed at home, constantly chanting Amitabha Buddha, praying that this army is not those thieves killed by heaven.

For ordinary people, they are even more afraid of this army. Although it is the New Year soon, the entire city is immersed in an inexplicable panic.

The entire camp was still under construction. In the first big tent, Zuo Liangchen and his important figures were sitting, including the new dog-headed military advisor Niu Jinxing, and the representatives of the Red Turban Liu Qi and Wang Dashan. As for Li Xin, he failed to resign several times, although he had not officially joined Zuo Liangchen's command, he also sent someone to invite him.

"Zhengnan, how is Britain like?" Seeing that everyone helped, Zuo Liangchen was not in a hurry to hold a meeting, but instead asked first.

"The British adults have not subsided for several days and have fallen into a coma several times. According to the doctor, the situation is extremely unoptimistic." After hearing Zuo Liangchen's question, Wang Zhengnan quickly replied.

"The situation is extremely unoptimistic!" Zuo Liangchen frowned at that time. Since the training of troops in Huangtu Mountain for one day, the army has set off and advanced towards Guzhou. He also practiced while training. In addition to recuperating in the past few days, Zuo Liangchen has discussed military training with Hong Niangzi and has not cared too much about Li Ying's affairs. And others have not come to report on this matter. Now, hearing what Wang Zhengnan said, I feel a little worried.

"Why not report it early?"

"The British adults don't let him say anything. Every time he wakes up, he will say something repeatedly. It's because the adults are too busy and are also in recuperation. He has a small fever here, which is not a big deal at all, so there is no need to notify the adults."

This was the first time that everyone was surprised to hear Zuo Liangchen say Wang Zhengnan in such a heavy tone. Wang Fang was responsible for the logistics, and he quickly explained.

"Fart!" Zuo Liangchen slapped the chair handle heavily and made a loud bang. He ignored the movements that touched his wounds, and stood up: "I will talk about this later. Let me see the UK first."

"Assuming!" Seeing Zuo Liangchen's behavior, Liu Qi curled his lips with great disdain. But he was still a little rational, and his voice was very small, but he said it to himself.
Chapter completed!