Chapter 205: Unpredictable Mind
Originally, they came out to participate in the trial voyage under the guise of patrolling the coastal defense, but today there are too many "miscellaneous" people waiting, so Zhao Bing had to restrain himself and only made three actions: turning on the spot, short distance plus sprinting and sudden stop and reverse. w?w w?
?b?i?q?u?g?Addlers watch the excitement, and experts look at the tricks. Although these three actions are simple, insiders know that this can not only test the performance and handling of the ship, but also test the captain's command, coordination ability and sailor training level. As long as the ship's control performance is not good, or the captain's command is not decisive enough, or the sailor's movements are not in place, any of the conditions will lead to failure.
Fortunately, Chen Renweng showed his face today, and his three movements were smooth and smooth, which was perfect. Although Zhao Bing felt that he had not shown all the characteristics of the turtle ship and was a bit disappointed, he had an experience in person, was basically satisfied with his "works" and was proud of his "savvy eyes". Chen Renweng also considered that besides His Highness, the rest of the ship was also the heads of the General's Mansion. If something unexpected happened, Qiongzhou would immediately be in a mess, and he had eighty heads that were not enough to cut.
So Chen Renwengre's head calmed down, and only added two projects: Birdshot shooting and smoke-sending enemy contact, and ended the drill. The ship drove along the waterway between Haikoupu and Baisha Port to cruise to Qixingling, then drove into the outer sea and turned back, heading west along the coastline to Qiongshan County. This trip was just enough to see the entire coastline of Qiongzhou.
The blue sky and blue sea make people feel refreshed, but after seeing Zhao Bing's mood, it is difficult to be cheerful. In two months, the rainy season will end and the weather will be getting colder. Now a series of counterattacks that have been launched by ******* are frequently frustrated, and the situation that is beneficial to oneself is gradually being reversed. Although these were expected, they still feel bored when things come to an end. Zhao Bing is worried again whether this weak line of defense can block the millions of Mongolian troops...
In June, Zhang Dexing, a native of Huai, raised an army to fight against Yuan Dynasty. ****, Fu Gao and others raised their troops to respond, recovered Huangzhou and Shouchang troops on Huainan West Road, and defeated Zheng Ding, the envoy of Xuanwei of Hubei Province, who came to fight in Fankou, Jinghu North Road, Ezhou, which caused him to drown in the Jiangzhong, and his troops were greatly boosted. Wen Tianxiang, who left Jiannan, led his troops to recover Ganzhou Yudu County; later he was in Xingguo County, Ganzhou, and ordered Zhao Shishang and others to send troops to recover Jizhou and Ganzhou counties, and even marched to Ganzhou. There was Zhao Fan, who responded with troops at any time, and the situation in Jiangxi was also very good.
*******, who had just breathed in Guanfuchang, Guangzhou, was not willing to be lonely. After Zhang Shijie got the Zhudong She Army led by local Chen Dianyan and the She woman, the soldiers were slightly strong and led the troops north to Quanzhou to attack Pu Shougeng, hoping to avenge the massacre of tens of thousands of clan sons that day. But Pu Shougeng did not dare to fight and could only close the city to defend himself. Zhang Shijie also issued an edict to all the troops to raise troops to fight against the Yuan Dynasty. Chen Guan of Xinghua Army led the troops to respond. The soldiers and generals in Fuzhou also plotted to kill Wang Jiweng to respond to Zhang Shijie. Unfortunately, the matter was leaked and they were all killed by Wang Jiweng. He also ordered his general Gao Rixin to lead troops to attack and recapture the Shaowu Army on Fujian Road.
The Mongolian side, the son of Mongke, hijacked Kublai Khan, the son of Beiping, Namuhan, and the right prime minister Antu, officially rebelled in the northern border and had a good relationship with Sun Haidu, the Ogedei, who had already rebelled, but he did not respond. So Xiriji could only rely on his own troops to be king in Shangdu and Linchengbei! The news came, Kublai Khan made up his mind to quell the civil strife by force, and ordered Boyan to be the commander. Prince Anxi King Adanan led his army to fight north at the same time to quell the rebellion of Xiriji.
When the Song Dynasty launched a full-scale counterattack, Wen Tianxiang was not wary of being victorious, and was not afraid of being attacked by the Mongolian Jiangxi Xuanwei envoy Li Heng sent elite troops to attack him. He failed in Zhongbu and wanted to flee to Yongfeng County, Jizhou, and met with Zou Feng, who had gathered tens of thousands of troops there. Unexpectedly, Zou Feng's troops collapsed first. Li Heng led his army to chase him all the way and caught up with Wen Tianxiang in Fangshiling, at the junction of Ganzhou and Jizhou. General Gong Xin exchanged his sacrifice for Tianxiang to exchange for the opportunity to escape. Tianxiang was defeated to the Kongkeng area!
The latest news Zhao Bing received was that Wen Tianxiang was in retreat, and the team was scattered and difficult to gather. His wife, children and staff were captured. He survived because of his royal family, and the deputy envoy Zhao Shishang, who was arrested for being arrested. His wife, Ouyang and his family were taken to Shangdu by Li Heng. Wen Tianxiang now led the remnants to Xunzhou on Guangnan East Road, looking for opportunities in the Nanling area to set off again...
"Why is Your Highness unhappy? Are you not upset about what happened before?" Ying Jieyan saw the little prince frowning, and looked out the window thinking, and then looked down at the map on the desk. He looked very unhappy, thinking that he was still angry about his ugly appearance when he was just writing the inscription, so he came over and asked.
"Sir, I don't have the time to worry about those things, and I worry that the war will begin. Can our general's army fight and defend this Qiongzhou!" Zhao Bing gave Ying Jieyan a blank look and smiled bitterly.
"Does Your Highness think the war will soon affect this?" Ying Jieyan frowned and said after hearing this.
"Even if it is not in front of me, I'm afraid it won't be long!" Zhao Bing sighed, "Wen Xiangxin retreated into Guangnan East Road, and the enemy general Li Heng followed him and did not fall into Nanling. Zhang Shumi had been attacking Quanzhou for a long time, and the thieves would send people to ask for help. Now that Guangzhou has fallen into my hands, Quanzhou is a major area of sea trade. The Tatars will not be willing to lose easily and will definitely send troops to aid. In this way, the Tatars invaded the three parts of Guangdong, Jiangxi and Fujian. The court will definitely not dare to stay in Guangzhou for a long time, so they can only continue to move south. The Tatars army will follow and go to Guangxi South Road. How can our Qiongzhou be spared!"
"The enemy army returned to the north, and the civil strife has not yet been settled, and the troops in the south of the Yangtze River are empty. I think your highness is too worried about how to mobilize heavy troops!" Ying Jieyan thought about it.
"Ah, there has been news recently. Fuzhou Road, Fuzhou, and Yang Sirong, surrendered to Yuan Dynasty. Yang Bangxian, the pacifier of Bozhou, requested surrender. Only Hezhou in the southwest was still fighting beasts, and there was no war in other places. The Tatars only needed to mobilize Yunnan and Guizhou, and the local forces in the two Huaihe Rivers were not something that the court could stop. Moreover, how Xiliji defeated the Boyan army with his own strength was revealed within two months." Zhao Bing shook his head and sighed. Ying Jieyan Shang had fantasies about the court, hoping that they could stop it, and that the generals below could imagine what they were thinking.
"Well, the situation is now in line with what Your Highness had expected." Ying Jieyan had to admit that the situation was getting worse.
"Sir, you know that the enemy chief Kublai Khan had ordered his letter to the provincial government to entrust the country and the foreign countries to say, 'The south of the Yangtze River is Ping, the Song Dynasty is called the Song Dynasty, and the walk is called Hangzhou.'" Zhao Bing said softly.
"Damn it, my Song Dynasty court is still there, how can the Tartars say nonsense!" Ying Jieyan said with fists. Although he was angry, he knew that Kublai Khan had already regarded himself as the lord of China. The Song Dynasty no longer exists in his eyes. He would no longer regard him as a country, and he only regarded them as bandits. This also marked that Kublai Khan was about to launch a final purge of Zhao Song in Jiangnan.
"With that being said, it will become a fact if the court cannot be protected. Qiongzhou may be the last foothold of the court and the foundation for the revival of the Song Dynasty." Zhao Bing said helplessly.
"Your Highness, now that our coastal defense construction is just beginning to be completed, there are tens of thousands of troops now, so why worry about not being able to defend Qiongzhou!" Ying Jieyan saw that His Highness was depressed, and quickly cheered him up.
"Yes, but I think if 50,000 enemy troops come to attack, we can defeat the enemy; if 100,000 enemies attack all the way, our defense line can still block the enemy's attack, but if the troops are divided into two groups, the defense line is still weak, and there are too many loopholes, so it is inevitable that we will lose sight of one thing!" Zhao Bing said with a wry smile.
"What Your Highness said is true. Qiongzhou is only ten miles away from Haikou. Although we have established three lines of defense, once the enemy lands at 6, it will be difficult to resist. In a moment, we will reach the city. Even if the small city of Qiongzhou is not broken, it will be trapped to death. Once Qiongzhou is lost, the entire island will be in danger!" Ying Jieyan nodded and said, "But now that we have limited troops, we have to set up defenses everywhere, so that the troops are dispersed. It is difficult to resist the enemy's division of troops to attack in large quantities. So should we transfer the rear army back to Qiongzhou to strengthen our troops?"
"It is too early to transfer back to the rear army. In Leizhou, we can warn us when the enemy arrives, so as to defeat the enemy first." Zhao Bing waved his hand.
"Your Highness, do you think you should defeat the enemy first? But we are at a disadvantage. Will it weaken our power to let go even more!" Ying Jieyan asked in confusion after hearing this.
"Mr. also said that our depth of defense against the enemy is too small, so we can only try to increase it, first use the navy to attack and fight against the hostile forces on the sea, and weaken its strength!" Zhao Bing said.
"Your Highness's meaning is that the Tartars are good at fighting in the field, but they are not good at fighting in the water. The vast sea is vast, and no matter how powerful the Tartars are, they cannot come from the sea. They must rely on the boat. We fight with the enemy first at the sea, which is equivalent to increasing the depth of defense. If the enemy attacks from both sides, the navy can block the enemy along the way, thereby reducing the pressure on the sixth. That's right!" Ying Jieyan stroked his beard and said.
"Sir, I am worthy of being a master of military strategy, and the problem has been solved. I thank you!" Zhao Bing bowed and smiled.
"This... Your Highness, please stop making fun of me!" Ying Jieyan was a little annoyed by His Highness's praise. "Your Highness, regardless of the noise of a group of infantry soldiers, just prefers the navy. I think he had already thought of these, but came to tease me!"
"Haha, I have no intention of this, sir, misinterpret it!" Zhao Bing said with a humble smile, and then acted like he refused to accept it, making people unable to help but want to beat him up.
"Oh..." Ying Jieyan could only sigh helplessly, "Since your highness is ready, why are you still bored?"
"Oh, Mr. Dissatisfied, I am not sure about it!" Zhao Bing sighed to him, "The Tartars now not only occupy the Central Plains, but also have the land in the south of the Yangtze River, with a territory of tens of miles and a hundred million people under their jurisdiction. They can easily recruit millions of soldiers. Even if we have all the soldiers in Qiongzhou, we will only have 100,000 soldiers. We have won one place against a country once, twice, three times... Alas!"
"Your Highness, the world is impermanent. Who knows what will happen tomorrow? Last year, who thought that Your Highness could create the General's Mansion? Even I never thought that you would be persuaded by Your Highness to enter the Mansion as a banner. You would still wear a war robe again at such an age!" Ying Jieyan said with a chuckling. He realized that Your Highness was thinking too much because he was too smart. But he was a child, and Yi Zhi was inevitably unstable, so he felt depressed. "Now, as long as Your Highness is here, the General's Mansion is here, why bother to stick to the gains and losses of a city and a place!"
"Haha, that's right! Today we will do our best today's work. Maybe Kublai will be burping to the sky tomorrow." Zhao Bing said with a smile, but he felt strange when he thought about it. How could he change his original intention and become more and more unable to let go? Is he unable to let go of anything, or can't bear to leave something, or has his own awareness improved, and if he really expels the Tartars and restores the Han people's mountains and rivers! No matter what, history cannot be easily tampered with, and things cannot be done for themselves.
Whether it was Ying Jieyan's words that untied his heart, or Zhao Bing really figured it out, he was in a good mood anyway, and shouted at Chen Renweng that he was hungry and wanted to have a meal. But the people who were still looking at the freshness realized that it was already noon and their stomachs were roaring, so they asked Chen Renweng to prepare meals quickly.
"Your Highness, sirs, this ship is just a first voyage, and there is no grain of food except clear water. It is not far from the base of the Burning Army. If everyone does not abandon it, it would be nice to go to the island for food?" Chen Renweng heard a buzzing voice in his head. He didn't expect that it would take so long to wait for him. He thought he would go back to the port for dinner, and the ship only had dry food. If he only let everyone eat this, he wouldn't be able to make it. He saw that he was about to arrive at his own house and then offered an invitation. Although there was nothing good in the camp, it was better than on the ship.
"Okay, as long as you care about your fullness, it doesn't matter where you eat!" Zhao Bing waved his hand and said, "It's rare for him to go out to take a look at the camp."
"Teacher Chen succeeded and should have invited everyone to drink a drink long ago. I will prepare well today!" Everyone also cheered, only Ying Jieyan said nothing.
"Yes, yes, being able to receive the glory of Your Highness and all of you is also the glory of my Defeat Army. We will definitely be entertained with all our hearts!" Chen Renweng smiled with a circle of politeness.
"General Chen, don't let us welcome you and see you off with great fanfare because of our arrival. You can leave with a lot of food and leave after the meal. There are still a few places you need to see after the meal!" Ying Jieyan smiled reluctantly, knowing that the meal made him embarrassed, and His Highness didn't like these, so he warned first. As soon as he spoke, His Highness had no temper, and Chen Renweng could only nod and said that he was...
With strict rules and regulations, and the conditions on the island are indeed simple, Chen Renweng tried his best to make a decent lunch, but it was also rich. It was just that the wine was prohibited in the army. Although His Highness was clamoring for everyone, no one dared to drink, but they were all hungry and they were eating lively.
"General Chen, this is the meal money for Your Highness and us!" After dinner, everyone was about to board the ship and leave, and Ni Liang took the bag of money to the road.
"This... isn't your highness right? It's just a simple meal!" Chen Renweng suddenly felt very embarrassed, thinking that your highness looked down on him.
"It's not just me who pays, everyone has to pay!" Zhao Bing turned around and said, "We're here to eat, and you probably won't pay. They all pay for their own food and food. But if we eat more, the army will have to eat less, right?"
"Your Highness, I can still take care of a meal. How can I collect money from Your Highness and all the lords!" Chen Renweng said with a blushing face and refused.
"You can take care of a meal. Can you still take care of someone coming every day? Ni Liang, Lord Chen is embarrassed to accept it, come!" Zhao Bing smiled and turned around on the boat. He suddenly turned his head and said, "If you don't have money, you can get it first, but remember that they won't send it to the mansion tomorrow, and you will ask for it from house to house!"
Chapter completed!