On the fifth day after Chongzhen met Sun Chuanting, the revolutionary army had already arrived at the city of Yangzhou. At that time, Yangzhou was divided into new and old cities.

Yangzhou was first built in the early Ming Dynasty. It was built in the southwest corner of the former Yangzhou site in the Song Dynasty. It was 9 miles in the Zhou Dynasty. By the 35th year of Jiajing, due to the prosperous population, the old city could not accommodate it. A large number of people lived on the canal outside the city. In order to resist Japanese pirates, Wu Guifang, the then prefect of Yangzhou, decided to build a new city. The scale was 10 miles in the 10 miles in the new city. The new city was only on three sides and connected to the old city to the west.

But even so, during the Chongzhen period of Tianqi, due to the prosperity of the economy and the population explosion, Yangzhou once again exceeded the saturation range, and a large number of citizens lived outside the city. Looking at the entire Ming Dynasty, Yangzhou may not be the most populous city, but it is definitely the city with the largest population density.

Zhang Dai, a historian at the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, once recorded that the 24 bridges of Guangling were windy and moon, and the Hangou still had its meaning. Crossing the Chaoguan, it stretched over half a mile, and there were nine lanes, and nine lanes were there. Any lanes were circling and twisting around the left, front and back of the lanes, there were hundreds of them. The entrance of the lanes was narrow and the intestine was curved, and there were incisive houses and secret households, famous traits, and strange tricks were mixed. The famous traits were hidden and there were no one to see, and there were no guides.

This is the case outside the city, and the crowding inside the city is even more exaggerated.

However, when the revolutionary army surrounded Yangzhou, there was no one outside the city, and they either hid in the city or fled to Nanjing.

Above the city, Han Wenjing and Yang Xianming looked at the neat revolutionary army under the city and the cannons, their scalps were numb, and then looking at the canals in the distance, the warships were both depressed.

Yang Xianming screamed: "Prefect Han, how many days can Yangzhou be guarded?"

“Oh ~~”

Han Wenjing wanted to say a few harsh words, but when facing Li Xin, he had no confidence, and just sighed heavily: "Leave it to fate. Yangzhou is the center of the salt industry and the canal transportation hub. The emperor will not sit idly by and watch. If he stays for more than three or five days, there may be a turning point."

Yang Xianming's calves trembled, and Eunuch Zhang was extorted by Li Xin so that he almost lost all his money. Chongzhen confiscated Eunuch Zhang's home at the right time. He was afraid that he would follow in Eunuch Zhang's footsteps, but this was a high probability event. Li Xin didn't even need to blackmail him. If he broke the city and confiscated his home, Chongzhen would definitely confiscate his home in Beijing. He regretted that he did not run away as soon as possible.

"Kill a thief to death, our family will reward ten taels of silver!"

Yang Xian knew he was afraid, so he no longer cared about the money and offered a huge reward.

Under the city, the Revolutionary Army was surveying the artillery position. Li Xin only watched from the side and asked the artillery regiment to let go. Even if the position was not suitable, he would not stop it. He would only point out various shortcomings after the war.

"Commander-in-Chief, the man surnamed Gao is here again!"

At this time, Erju cried behind him.

"Oh? Which surname is tall?"

Li Xin turned around and asked.

Erju bowed and laughed: "Of course it's your brother-in-law, Gao Yigong. This time he brought hundreds of people and several big boxes. It seems that he brought silver."

"Please!"

Li Xin was also delighted.

Erfu left.

Sure enough, in addition to Zhang Nai Huimei, there is also Huiying who followed Gao Yigong. Although Huiying ignored him, Li Xin was a veteran in love. This was clearly a sign of wanting to cover up. He didn't care or cared. However, this time there was a stranger who followed Huiying, like a bodyguard, and looked at him with unfriendly eyes.

"Huiying, this person is..."

Li Xin probably knew it and asked Huiying.

Huiying seemed very unnatural and did not dare to look back. She lowered her head and said, "Young Master Li, this is Brother Shuangxi, the adopted son of the King of Chuang, and she is as famous as Zhang Nai in the army."

Li Xin understood.

Li Shuangxi was Huiying's husband in history. Although according to his observation, Huiying may not have that feeling about Li Shuangxi, the ancients could not distinguish between silly love and family. Because he did not appear, Huiying felt that Li Shuangxi was good to her, so she married her in a daze.

No wonder Li Shuangxi is hostile to him. This is a love rival meeting.

Of course, Li Xin, as a side of love, had no reason to be hostile to Shuangxi, not to mention that his rich life experience in his previous life also allowed him to hide his true thoughts. To put it bluntly, he was dispensable to Huiying, but it was different for Li Shuangxi to appear. After all, he is a man. If Li Shuangxi took Huiying away, he would not be able to say wherever he looked. Huiying would not leave when he came. So he grabbed Huiying's hand and said anxiously: "Li Shuangxi is the beloved general of the King of Chuang. Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

"Li...Mr. Li, hurry up, let go!"

Huiying was stunned. She didn't expect that Li Xin would dare to be careless in public, especially in front of Shuangxi. She was unwilling to stimulate Shuangxi, and even Shuangxi had a conflict with Li Xin.

After a while, Huiying shook Li Xin's hand, her face flushed, and she looked over with blame and dissatisfaction.

But in Shuangxi's eyes, this is not blame, but anger, this is not dissatisfaction, but shame. He has been with Huiying for nearly ten years. When did Huiying give him such a wink?

He felt angry and his face was green.

Li Xin bowed and laughed: "It turns out it is Li Shuangxi, I have been admired for a long time!"

Shuangxi is a simple and straightforward person, and she doesn't even bother with Li Xinxu. She snorted: "You little fucking false kindness, you can stay away from Huiying!"

Huiying frowned, not very happy, but she couldn't say anything, let alone two men fighting for a woman, others would only think that this woman was unfaithful and seduced with two men at the same time, which made her feel a little dissatisfied with Shuangxi again.

Li Xin said bluntly: "Who are you from Huiying?"

"this……"

The double joy was stagnant, and indeed, Huiying never admitted it when talking about her lover, and he didn't find the opportunity to confess to Huiying. If she wanted to talk about her brother, wouldn't she be automatically eliminated?

"You have a wife and you are here to hook up with Huiying. You are not a good thing at all!"

Double Xi snorted.

Li Xin's goal was achieved. The love scene was like a battlefield. Shuangxi, a brainless young man, was very tender when he played with him. Just these two sentences would only push Shuangxi and Huiying farther and farther away. He smiled and looked innocent.

Gao Yigong, Zhang Nai and Huimei exchanged helpless eyes and came to find Li Xin. Shuangxi insisted on following them. They were afraid that something would happen, so they tried to dissuade them in every way, but Shuangxi reported to the King of Chuang, and the King of Chuang agreed. Sure enough, they had a big fuss as soon as they met.

In fact, Huimei wanted to be with Shuangxi and Huiying. She never thought that Li Xin was a good person, but Shuangxi's temper was too harsh, which made it difficult for Huiying to be a human being. If this continues, she may completely lose Huiying. She was anxious, but she didn't know how to start.

Gao Yigong laughed: "Young Master Li, after a few months of separation, I didn't expect that your army had already arrived at the city of Yangzhou. It was really progressing rapidly!"

Li Xin smiled faintly: "Yangzhou is a piece of fat meat placed at the door of his house. I don't think I'm really itchy. I can't do it without doing anything. My brother-in-law is good. Xiang Yu once said: Wealth and no one can return to my hometown. Isn't it true that I took down Yangzhou and made a fortune. No one shared the happiness. Wouldn't it be depressed? My brother-in-law is here and I am having fun with me!"

‘Go to have fun with your mother!’

Gao Yigong cursed secretly, and his eyes were full of jealousy. He also knew that Yangzhou was rich. Seeing that such a large piece of fat meat was about to fall into Li Xin's hands, he felt very uncomfortable.

"Yangzhou City is high and thick, Commander Li is better off being careful not to overturn the ship in the gutter."

I laughed dryly in high school.

"Brother-in-law reminds me!"

Li Xin bowed his hand solemnly, then turned his head and shook his eyes.
Chapter completed!