When Song Yang arrived, Cui Shan was about to return to Jiangbei from Dangtu with his fleet.
The two fleets happened to face each other as they entered and exited.
Cui Shan was originally stationed in Dangtu, but the situation in the east suddenly changed some time ago.
In order to prevent the King of Suzhou from going up the river, Cui Shan built a temporary village opposite Dangtu.
Opposite Dangtu was originally the sphere of influence of King Runzhou.
Although King Runzhou did not station troops on the opposite side, Dangtu did not go over to provoke King Runzhou.
Both sides took care of each other, so neither side stationed troops on the north bank.
However, after the defeat of King Runzhou, the power of King Runzhou of Huainan Road immediately collapsed.
A state capital in the east took refuge with King Suzhou, and several state capitals in the west were originally relatively deserted. Only a small fort was like a rootless duckweed without support.
Some people fled to Luocao in the north, and more than 300 people took refuge in Cuishan.
Cui Shan used these 300 people to open up a place, and then led troops from Dangtu to station there.
In this way, together with Dangtu, they block the river from the south to the north.
However, there are no supplies on the north coast, and all supplies need to be transported from Dangtu.
Cui Shan came here to pick up supplies this time.
"Your Majesty! You are here!"
Cui Shan knew that Song Yang was coming, but he didn't expect to meet him.
Originally, he planned to return to Dangtu and wait for Song Yang after the supplies were shipped.
"Cui Shan, what's going on here now? Are you going back to the north bank? It just so happens that you don't have to go back to Jiangbei for the time being, so I'll stay and talk to this king." Song Yang stood on the bow of the ship and greeted him.
Cui Shan asked his men to escort the supplies back, and he himself boarded Song Yang's boat in a small boat, followed him back to the dock, and stayed to talk to Song Yang.
On the dock, Xu Gaoshan, Gao Junyan and other generals were already waiting there.
"The Prince of Supply is coming to Dangtu!" all the soldiers shouted in unison.
Cui Shanggang had to interrupt his speech when he and Song Yang were talking about the North Bank incident.
After getting on the pier, Xu Gaoshan immediately stepped forward and saluted: "I humble myself to pay homage to the prince."
Xu Gaoshan is Liu Min's man, so after everyone greets him, there is nothing wrong with him coming to see him alone.
"Get up. Thank you for your hard work, General Xu." Song Yang smiled politely.
"Your Majesty, Mr. Liu is on his way to Dangtu. The deployment of defenses along the way has delayed his arrival, but he will arrive tomorrow at the latest."
Xu Gaoshan immediately spoke for Liu Min as soon as he arrived.
Liu Min knew that Song Yang was coming to Dangtu, so he decided to come to Dangtu too.
Soldiers were prepared in Fucheng and deployed at fortresses along the border with Runzhou.
That's why we were delayed for some time, otherwise he would have arrived long ago.
"Don't worry, defense on the road is important. Mr. Liu is a pragmatic person." Song Yang nodded with great understanding.
Xu Gaoshan received Song Yang and his party, and the accompanying soldiers were placed in the camps that had been prepared.
In the big tent, Song Yang was sitting in the main seat, with a group of officials and generals on his left and right.
"Master Gao, no news is the best news. The old master will definitely bring good luck to people and heaven."
“I’d like to lend you your kind words.”
Gao Junyan is the saddest among the people.
Several spies have been sent to Jiangning in the past few days, but they have not been able to find Gao Liangping's whereabouts.
Song Yang heard about this and could only persuade Gao Junyan.
Gao Junyan performed well in Jiangzhou and handled both civil and military affairs appropriately.
He is considered one of the backbone of Song Yang's men.
Gao Liangping still has high prestige in Daqian, and he can be regarded as a representative figure of the remaining landlord class.
It would be easier if Gao Liangping could be brought under his command.
After comforting Gao Liangping, Song Yang asked about military affairs.
Xu Gaoshan reported on Dangtu's defense deployment, troop strength, military supplies, etc. one by one.
Generally speaking, there are sufficient troops and sufficient supplies.
Especially in order to detect the movements of the King of Suzhou, Dangtu mobilized dozens of small boats and patrolled back and forth on the river every day.
Song Yang had previously transferred twenty tiger squatting cannons to Cui Shan and arranged them all in Dangtu.
At that time, Jiangbei was still in the hands of King Runzhou, so the twenty cannons could only be placed here.
When testing the cannon, Xu Gaoshan was stunned.
I never thought there was such a powerful weapon in the world.
I wouldn’t even dare to dream!
Of course, as soon as the twenty tiger cannons were placed on the riverside, Xu Gaoshan was immediately filled with confidence.
The king of Runzhou and the king of Suzhou will let you sink to the king of Jiang when they come.
Especially this time, Xu Gaoshan was completely defeated when Song Yang showed up with a boatload of squatting cannons.
In the face of such powerful force, some enemies will be wiped out.
"Your Majesty, from Jiangbei Water Village..."
After Xu Gaoshan finished talking about Dang Tu Shui Village, Cui Shan talked about Dang Tu Shui Village again. Dang Tu Shui Village now has two thousand people.
There is also a warship and a dozen clippers.
There were twenty or thirty small boats exploring the situation.
The main purpose of Jiangbei's existence is to detect the movements of Suzhou Wang Shuijun and prevent them from sneaking into the Dangtu defense line.
The existing power is sufficient.
After that, Song Yang asked some questions about Jiang Ning, and Xu Gaoshan told Song Yang the news he had found out.
After the King of Suzhou occupied Jiangning, he also deployed defenses on the river.
But it seems that it should be to prevent the Runzhou Wang Yu party from escaping.
Or maybe it was just to catch Gao Liangping.
The two sides met each other from a distance on the river, but no one had any intention of getting closer.
On land, the Suzhou King's patrols were extremely frequent in the past few days, but started to become less frequent yesterday.
As for the movement of the army, the King of Suzhou's army is still east of Jiangning.
The main force should still be in Changzhou to collect the remaining troops of King Runzhou.
While everyone was saying this, a group of scouting horses came back from the land direction outside the camp.
"Report! Urgent report from Jiangning!" Tan Ma raised the flag high.
"General! A team of fifty people was found on the path in the direction of Jiangning. They said they were family members of Grand Master Gao!"
Urgent military intelligence reports can go directly to the Chinese Army. As soon as they come in, Tan Ma will report to Xu Gaoshan.
Tan Ma didn't know Song Yang, but he had heard of the prince's arrival.
After reporting the matter, Tan Ma prostrated himself on the ground and knelt before Song Yang.
"Is my father here?"
When Gao Junyan heard the news about Gao Liangping, he anxiously took advantage of it.
"Don't worry, Master Gao. I heard from the housekeeper that Master Gao is also among them." Tan Ma returned.
"Hush!"
Gao Junyan finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Go and pick up Master Gao." Song Yang nodded to Gao Junyan.
"Thank you, Your Majesty. I'll be back soon after you leave!" Gao Junyan hurriedly clasped his fists in thanks.
Gao Junyan led a team of 100 people to the east following the small school that reported the news.
Song Yang made a field trip to Dangtu Water Village.
"Forts can be built in these places. When new artillery comes out, they can completely block the river." Song Yang pointed out several important places.
Xu Gaoshan and others followed and wrote them down one by one.
"Cui Shan. When you return to the north bank, bring twenty tiger crouching cannons over there just in case."
"Yes! I understand."
Cui Shan felt happy.
The twenty doors were given to him before, but there was no place to decorate them so they could only be placed in Dang Tu Shui Village.
Now I have obtained twenty more.
For a warrior, there is nothing more comforting than an extra batch of artillery.