Of course Zhao Guan's family had a public interest in patrolling the Yellow River.
After all, the Central Committee has already been sensitive to the current predicament... The Jin people are still hanging in the balance, but the Henan area has been under strict military control for several months, which has led to an imbalance in the hearts of the people... Therefore, the plan for this patrol has actually been planned for a long time.
It was already on Zhao Guan's desk in October.
But why it was at this time, why she went on tour immediately after being made a royal concubine, there are some reasons that are difficult to conceal.
It should be noted that the two noble concubines were recognized by the Prime Minister, and they were proud of the misbehavior of the Zhao emperors, especially the frivolity of a certain Taishang Taojun emperor, so there is always no shortage of examples. Especially the Zhao Guan family
There is some truth in the serious rhetoric that persuaded Lu Haowen and others - he said that if a queen is established now, where will the emperor's heirs be in the future, and how should the mother be more valuable than the son? There is no way that there will be any problems.
But not to mention future problems, the current problem is that from Concubine Pan Xian's point of view, she suffered a big loss in this matter.
Because there were only two concubines in the palace, and compared to Concubine Pan Xian, who was only slightly different from the empress twice, Mrs. Wu, who rose to prominence very late, had no status in front of Concubine Pan Xian for a long time.
But the world takes its toll on people, and suddenly the other person is on an equal footing with me.
May I ask how Concubine Pan is not upset?
The Zhao Guan family knew that they would be annoyed, but they escaped immediately... patrolling the Yellow River defense line was a matter of public and private concern.
In late November, Zhao Guan's family first left Bianliang and headed north, first to Yangwu (later Yuanyang), then to Jujube, and then to Huazhou... Along the way, they randomly entered Wubao and beacon towers, talked face to face with the imperial soldiers, and asked
demand. Wang Yuan, the commander of the accompanying imperial camp, and Qu Duan, the deputy commander, also formed a three-person working group with the imperial censor Shi Wanqixi, leading a group of low-level bureaucrats from the privy council and the province to inspect military pay and supplies along the way.
matters.
One more thing must be mentioned here. The corruption of the Song Army is really ingrained in the bones. Drinking soldiers’ blood is even more inevitable. Zhao Guan’s family knows it very well and does not expect these things to be avoided... But now that they are out on patrol, they encounter
It's here, but it's impossible to pretend not to know.
As a result, after only walking along the Yellow River front line of Kaifeng Prefecture, Zhao Guan's family beheaded seven or eight officers with more than a dozen heads along the way, and dismissed thirteen or four of them.
At the end of November, when the Royal Banzhi escorted Zhao Guan's family into Huazhou territory, an officer defected unexpectedly - a commander from Hebei who was stationed in Linghe Town was afraid and led several guards to seize the palace.
He took a small boat and headed north, where he threw himself into the golden man.
This incident greatly shocked the central ministers accompanying Zhao Guan's family. Many people suggested on the spot that Zhao Guan's family should return immediately, because the area ahead of Huazhou, from the west of Baima, the capital of Huazhou, to Linghe Town, the 20 to 30 miles along the river defense zone,
They are all under the control of Li Qiong, the commander of the imperial camp and the central army to which this commander belongs.
The Li Qiong tribe is a relatively special unit of the Imperial Army... They are all from Hebei.
Just because Li Qiongzhou was born as a student and had been stationed in Huazhou for a long time, and he was really good at leading troops, so when the imperial camp armies were first divided, this person was specially assigned to the imperial camp central army and was still stationed in Huazhou.
Theoretically, it belongs to Wang De.
Of course, in private, the Zhao Guan family often gave direct instructions to various departments in the imperial camp. With such a close distance, it would not be wrong to say that they were directly subordinate to the Zhao Guan family.
In other words, this is a heterogeneous unit of the Imperial Army, and it is extremely independent.
At the same time, Huazhou was not far from Damingfu in Hebei Province and Puyang City. The other side of the river was the center point of the Jin Army's permanent troops stationed on the Yellow River.
Therefore, if Li Qiong also had other ideas and suddenly colluded with the Jin people and released the Jin army from Daming Prefecture, wouldn't it mean that something big would happen?
The worries of the ministers were not unreasonable, but the Zhao Guan family did not take it seriously.
First, in terms of personal relations, Zhao Jiu did not think that Li Qiong, who served as his mid-level soldier in the Battle of Yanling and maintained daily communication with him, would rebel because of such a thing;
Secondly, discussing the matter as it happened, Zhao Jiu asked himself that he had dealt with corruption in the military fairly and fairly, and the accountability only went to the leadership level. Li Qiong did not need to worry about corruption in the military;
Thirdly, judging from the situation, we know from the commander's escape with only his bodyguard that his efforts to support the troops for half a year were effective. This man could not mobilize the grassroots troops at all.
On the contrary, the Zhao Guan family communicated frequently with these military generals through the system of controlling officials and had a certain understanding of Li Qiong... This person has the arrogance of a scholar and a bit of arrogance, put together.
It means having too much self-esteem.
If you turn back in a hurry at this time, it will irritate him.
But if he can show sincerity, his scholar's mentality will convince him.
"Li Qiong will live up to me." Zhao Guanjia made up his mind in just a moment, and then said this in public, and still ordered to go eastward. At the same time, Wang Yuan, Qu Duan, and Wan Qixi were inspected along the way.
However, once they continued their journey, Zhao Guanjia himself and the accompanying imperial soldiers and horses did not enter Wubao again to condolences the soldiers. Instead, they galloped along the river, leading the central officials to abandon their cars and ride horses to Tiantai Mountain next to Baimajin in Huazhou.
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That place was the main camp where Li Qiong himself and his troops were stationed.
At the same time, Zhao Guan's family sent a messenger to Tiantai Mountain to inform Li Qiong of his trip in advance.
The reason is simple... With two thousand imperial guards accompanying him, and with soldiers and horses all around the imperial camp, the real theoretical danger is that Li Qiong mobilizes the entire army, hooks up with the Jin people, and releases the gold.
The army is crossing the river. And doing so requires time to connect the upper and lower sides. As long as the Zhao Guan family goes quickly, the other party will never be able to make the trip.
This is called taking from the opposite direction.
Relatively speaking, releasing the courier in advance is a gesture of trust that has nothing to do with the overall situation... This is a conspiracy.
Now that the trip has taken place, some of the ministers accompanying him can't help but feel anxious, but what's interesting is that some of them are just as unconcerned as the Zhao Guan family... Most of these people are people who have been with the emperor from Huaishang and Nanyang for a long time.
Probably like the Zhao Guan family, after seeing many battles on the battlefield, they are completely accustomed to this kind of thing, and are even familiar with it. Moreover, they also know the Zhao Guan family and know that this official likes to use tricks to find someone to take the blame for trivial matters, but there has always been a problem with military affairs.
There are also some people who are young officials who have just been appointed officials this time, and they are vaguely eager to try out like newborn calves who are not afraid of tigers.
For example, Hu Quan, the editor of the Privy Council, volunteered to act as a messenger and went to Tiantai Mountain first... After being surprised by Zhao Guan's family, he took the initiative to tell him not to talk shamelessly or cause trouble for no reason, as long as he informed him that he was about to go.
Of course, Hu Quan, a small messenger, went to deliver the message according to the system, so he would not do anything bad to force the general to rebel. But on November 28, Zhao Guan's family came to Tiantai Mountain and went straight to Li Qiong's military camp. Li Qiong was informed in advance
As expected, Qiong left the camp alone and went straight to the imperial court.
The doubts and fears I had before turned into a puff of smoke and dissipated.
In the final analysis, Li Qiong, who is ostensibly a subordinate of Wang De but actually directly subordinate to the Zhao Guan family, has no reason to rebel at all in the current situation... And when the Zhao Guan family entered the Tiantai Mountain camp, they did not deliberately avoid this topic, but just slightly
He was reprimanded, demoted one rank, and fined one month. He immediately sent another envoy across the river to the other side to demand that the Jin army return the defecting commander.
This time, it was the turn of another new scholar, Yu Yunwen, to come forward.
In this regard, Zhao Guanjia naturally followed the good example, but after the matter was over, he sent an order to summon the garrison of the eastern part of Huazhou area (actually the Henan part of the original Kaide Prefecture, which was assigned to Huazhou after the confrontation across the river in the Song and Jin Dynasties).
Li Bao, the former military commander, Fu Xuan, the former military commander of the imperial camp of the southern garrison, and Fu Qing, the central military commander of the imperial camp of Baima City, Huazhou Prefecture, went to Tiantai Mountain to discuss military affairs.
A whole day later, on the last day of November, Yu Yunwen unexpectedly had not yet returned. The so-called life and death were unknown, but the Zhao Guan family had no time to think too much. They only climbed Tiantai Mountain with the three guards who arrived in a hurry and Li Qiong, and looked at the north bank of the Yellow River.
, ready to listen to the military opinions of the frontline generals.
Let’s say that there are definitely no fewer than dozens of Tiantai Mountains in China. It is named mainly because the top of the mountain is rocky and looks like a tower... In the future, Zhejiang’s Tiantai Mountain will naturally be the most famous, but at this time, this mountain is only a few meters tall.
100 meters, Tiantai Mountain, which may have disappeared due to the diversion of the Yellow River in later generations, is the most famous Tiantai Mountain in the world.
Belongs to the rank of king in Tiantai Mountain.
There is no way. Firstly, this mountain is very close to Tokyo, the capital of the Song Dynasty, and the surrounding economy is developed; secondly, this mountain is located on the side of Baimadu, the main thoroughfare from Damingfu in Hebei Province to Tokyo in Henan Province, and there are a lot of people coming and going; thirdly, this mountain is on the Yellow River.
Unlike later generations, the main road just passes by the side of this mountain. When you climb Tiantai Mountain, you can see both sides of the Yellow River. The fertile land of the Central Plains and Hebei Province, and the open scenery can be called a scenic spot.
Stop talking nonsense and get back to the present.
On this day, the sky was clear and clear, and there was even a slight southerly wind, making it seem a bit warm. Zhao Guan's family led his accompanying ministers and the four Huazhou guards to climb up to the rooftop together, and felt that they could see far away under their eyes, as far as the field of vision could reach.
It was open and flat, which naturally made him feel good... But when he looked at the Yellow River in the distance and turned to the northeast, he remained silent for a long time.
The reason is very simple. As stupid as the Zhao Guan family, after climbing up and looking into the distance, they can't help but think of a strange thing about the Yellow River... That is, the Yellow River course on their respective military maps is too wrong, even though they can't see dozens of miles downstream from Tiantai Mountain.
However, the military map I looked at yesterday clearly marked three bifurcated rivers before and after the important downstream town of Puyang.
"I remember on the map that the Yellow River bifurcates three ways downstream... Why is this so?" Zhao Guanjia looked at it for a long time and thought about it for a long time, and finally turned back to ask confidently.
However, the ones accompanying today are not only Yang Yizhong, the master of all things, but Yang Zongzhi. At this time, after Zhao Jiu died, in addition to Wang Yuan, the commander of the imperial camp, Qu Duan, the deputy commander of the capital, and Wan Qixishang, the imperial censor in the palace, who were inspecting Wubao in the rear,
There are also countless accompanying civil and military personnel, as well as Huazhou generals and assistants... that is, there are no prime ministers and commanders accompanying them.
Therefore, when I heard the inquiry at this time, it was Fan Zongyin from Zhongshushe who took the lead to step forward and answered seriously: "Good instructors know that the river below is not bifurcated, but that the war has been in danger since Jingkang, and the Yellow River embankments have been in disrepair for a long time.
In addition, there was a lot of rain this summer, and the rivers took the opportunity to overflow into old courses everywhere."
"So that's it..." Zhao Jiu still frowned, but he held his belt with one hand and pointed to the lower reaches of the Yellow River with one hand and continued to ask. "Why are there three places?"
Fan Zongyin was stunned and didn't say anything for a while.
It must be known to everyone that Zhao Guanjia knew this, but at this time, he didn't bother to cover up those things, so he directly asked: "You just need to explain the sources of these three crossroads clearly!"
Fan Zongyin was wary, but he didn't dare not say it: "Guan family, this is caused by this dynasty returning to the river several times..."
"What is Huihe?"
"The Yellow River overflowed and was repeatedly blocked... In order to prevent natural disasters in the Yellow River, many strategies were adopted to divert the Yellow River."
"If the route is changed, the route will be changed. Why is it called 'Huihe'?"
"Reporting back to the official family, because the Yellow River has been heading north since this dynasty, and the several changes in its course are all efforts to move the river southward. From the perspective of Henan, where Kaifeng is located, it is 'Hui'..."
"I see, but why does it have to move south?" Zhao Jiu was still confused. "The water flows down on its own. If she goes north, she should be allowed to follow the water flow. Why does she have to move south?"
"Because they are worried that the Yellow River will go straight into the Khitan territory if it continues north." Li Qiong, who had been frowning for a long time behind him, suddenly spoke up. "The imperial court was afraid that the Khitan would cross the river directly within the territory. At that time, the cavalry would go south and use the Yellow River waterway as a food route to go upstream.
Sweeping across the Central Plains, I decided to return to the river in order not to lose the natural danger of the Yellow River..."
Zhao Jiu completely woke up, but immediately burst into laughter... What he realized was that this was indeed a characteristic of the Song Dynasty. In order to seek psychological comfort, he did not hesitate to change the water course of the Yellow River, and it seemed that he had changed it more than once, and he did not know how much wasted for it.
However, the funny thing is that when the Jin army actually moved south, the natural barrier of the Yellow River was not at all useful.
At this thought, Zhao Guanjia laughed and shook his head: "The lower reaches of the Yellow River are more than a thousand miles, and how much food will it cost to return to the river? With this manpower and material resources, it would be enough to take back the Yanyun Sixteenth Prefecture... but there are three rivers, and it should be two.
Second-rate?"
"I don't know how many times..." Li Qiong thought for a moment, but kept shaking his head. "I only remember four times in the Shenzong Dynasty, and there was also a big one in the Zhezong Dynasty... I heard that the family of Taiwei Yue was like that.
Once there was a disaster and I lost my property and land, so I became a tenant of Plum Blossom Han."
"..."
"To be fair to the officials, Renzong's court seemed to have seen Yingchuochuo a few times, but it was not big. If you add one more, it would have to be seven or eight times, right? Even if Renzong's court didn't happen, it would have been at least five or six times." Fu Xuan, who had been silent all this time, also said
Taking the initiative to speak. "The main reason is that once the Yellow River overflows, the people in Hebei below don't know whether it's raining too much or the court is changing its course again. Let's not hide it from the officials. The three roads shown on the official map are still rough. In fact, it should be reached downstream.
There are five roads, and there are intersections... I have all walked through them."
Zhao Jiu was stunned, and then realized again, I am afraid that these Hebei people are all resentful about this matter, otherwise they would not rush to talk about it.
So, after a long while, the official calmed down and asked: "In that case, the Yellow River flows back and forth among these five rivers, and the Yellow River floods a lot, wouldn't it mean that all the land in the middle of the three rivers has turned into
Yellow flood area?”
"Reporting to the officials, I would like to say that the Yellow River often floods the area. Although Hebei is affected by the disaster, our Henan province is not immune to the disaster as well. Henan is also a Yellow River flood area." Li Qiong and Fu Xuan were about to answer, but another person held hands with each other, but
It was Po Li San Li Bao who was born on the East and West Road in Jingdong. "I heard from an old man in the village that one time in the past, the court made a mistake, and the Yellow River rushed all the way to the Huaihe River... All the six prefectures in Jingdong and Huaishang were flooded.
A yellow area, isn’t it also a yellow-prone area?”
Zhao Jiu was completely speechless... Well, according to this statement, the Yellow Flood Area these days actually extends from the Bohai Bay to the Huaihe River.
In fact, this official didn't know that he was determined to resist the Jin after he came and never went south to the Yangtze River. Otherwise, in another time and space, Du Chong would save the Emperor of Yangzhou in order to defend against the Jin cavalry.
, but it gave full play to the traditional artistic skills of the Song Dynasty on the Yellow River, and once again opened the south mouth of the Yellow River, and it has been out of control since then.
Of course, another man-made disaster problem is the same as now, that is, during wars, especially after the Yellow River became a frontline confrontation, no one had the mind and ability to repair the river channels. Otherwise, there would not be three waterways now.
Weird look.
"Where is the main road right now?" With this thought, Zhao Guanjia simply suppressed all unnecessary thoughts for the time being and just asked about the situation downstream according to his memory. "East Road or North Road?"
"It's the middle road." Li Qiong pointed casually toward the northeast. "The road that separates Damingfu and Puyang from Hebei... But it's meaningless because, as seen on the official map, the water is flooding and there is no place to go.
People renovated it, and the three rivers downstream now all have flowing water, and they are all suspended rivers, except that the main river in the middle is deeper and wider, making it easier for boats... But the Jin people occupied the entire north of Dongliu, and used it as a pseudo-equal river.
They control the south bank of the lower reaches, so the land in Hebei is all under the control of the Jin people."
"So if the Jin people really want to cross the river from the lower reaches, we can't stop them?" Zhao Jiu said following the trend.
"That's the truth, but the Jin people may not be willing to cross the river from there." Fu Xuan suddenly interrupted again. "Especially at this time."
"Why is this?"
"Good instructors know that I am a member of the Yongjing Army and know the situation downstream..." Fu Xuan gave a slight salute before continuing. "The lower reaches of the Yellow River have been in disrepair for a long time. Although the water is shallow because of the out-of-control river channel, there is silt in it.
There is a lot of sand, and there is a lack of good crossings. Therefore, if the Jin people cross the river here and there, regardless of how deep it is, sometimes the bottom of the water is completely full of mud. Once the people and horses sink in, they will die... And in this situation,
However, the Jin army's cavalry had to pass through three or four times. How can the harbor be deep and level from Baima and cross the river calmly and comfortably? This is why the Jin people previously insisted on holding Daming Mansion and crossed the river by boat from around Puyang many times.
"
Zhao Jiu nodded slightly, and then his heart moved: "That's why the Jin people have not gone south yet. As some of you said in your letters, the weather is warm this winter. Although there are ice, the Yellow River is vast and has never been frozen. Why?"
"I think this is the case." Li Qiong, who must have been one of the "several people", responded calmly. "The sky is here. If the Jin army wants to cross the army, it is convenient to cross the river from here and upstream. However, in this section of the Yellow River, the imperial camp has twenty
Thousands of people have already arranged themselves closely together, where can they easily cross?"
"So, wouldn't God bless the Emperor Song this year?" Someone couldn't help but said happily.
"You can say that." Li Qiong was slightly startled. Although he felt awkward, he still nodded.
However, the Zhao Guan family, who continued to look back at the river, disagreed: "It is not necessarily a good thing that the guests have not arrived when the dishes are ready... If they don't come, we will be unable to fight them for the time being. We have been fighting for four or five years, and I don't know where Hebei will go."
Can the day be restored?"
The people around him were all thinking, but Liu Ziyu finally couldn't bear it anymore and stepped forward and handed over his hand: "Guan Jia, the restoration of Hebei will not happen overnight. We have to wait until the Song Dynasty has hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers who can cross the river and fight with the hundreds of thousands of Jin people in the field."
It can be done, but there is no need to worry about it for a while... In the long run, our army will definitely be victorious."
"I also think so." Hu Quan, the new editor of the Privy Council, couldn't help but support his boss, or in other words, support his 'own argument'.
The rest of the civil and military officials, including several generals from Hebei, also agreed.
But Zhao Jiu still shook his head and said nothing.
None of the civil and military officials knew what it meant, so they couldn't say much.
In fact, Zhao Guanjia was very confused at this time... because he always felt that after four or five years of war, and in the current situation, the Jin people, who still maintained a considerable military advantage, had no reason to give up this advantage.
Because that is unreasonable!
Zhao Jiu didn't believe that the Jin people, who had only risen for more than 20 years, would fall so low that no heroic figures could see the current situation thoroughly. He didn't believe that the Jin people didn't know that the Song Army would become stronger and stronger, and he didn't believe that the Jin people didn't know that the Song Army would become stronger and stronger.
He found that his army was deteriorating day by day... So in this case, if he were the decision-maker of the Jin people, not only would he not avoid war, but he would definitely take advantage of the fact that the gap in military strength could still be maintained to mobilize as much as possible.
An act of large-scale aggression in order to establish strategic advantage.
In other words, the Zhao Guan family firmly believes that the Jin people will definitely come, and this time it will definitely be an unprecedented war, a war that cannot be avoided!
Therefore, even if there are many reasons before the case, why is it a warm winter this year, the Yellow River is not frozen, and the Jin people are not sure of crossing the river; why Yanling was defeated before, Dongping was frustrated, and the Jin people and the puppet Qi lost their will to fight; why the defense line along the river is strong
, the Jin people retreated when they saw the difficulties; the top leaders of the Jin Kingdom were fighting for the reserve, the struggle was fierce, and they had no time to look south...
Zhao Guanjia clearly knew that these reasons were reasonable and that these things definitely existed. Even the fact that the Jin people had been silent all this time was right in front of him, and he still couldn't accept it.
Because, putting aside these blinding details, from the overall strategic situation of the Song and Jin Dynasties, and from the perspective of the two countries, it is illogical for the Jin people not to come.
The times are calling for a war, an unprecedented war, a war that will determine whether the Song Dynasty can settle down in the Yellow River Basin.
Zhao Jiu has always believed in this.
In fact, Zhao Jiu came to the front line this time to avoid trouble in the harem and to appease the anxious people. But didn't he want to appease the most anxious heart...that is, his own heart?
This time he came to Tiantai Mountain to summon the generals. To a large extent, this official wanted these frontline generals to give him an accurate word... Will the Jin Army come?
Obviously, there is no need to ask at all. Based on their own observations, these people came to a very clear conclusion - they all felt that if the Yellow River was not frozen, the Jin people would not come.
But it was obvious that Zhao Guan's family was not appeased. He didn't say anything on the surface, but in his heart he was suppressing the restlessness and uneasiness.
But no matter what, just like this, the mountain climbing that day seemed to be a success, but in fact it ended in vain for Zhao Guan's family... Several local Huazhou generals only thought that the official's visit was just a routine summons, and they were speechless.
People close to him, such as Xiao Lin and Yang Yi, vaguely guessed some of the officials' thoughts, but they couldn't say much.
On the second day, the first day of the twelfth lunar month, the sky was just dawning. The impetuous Zhao Guanjia got up early and went to the shooting range to shoot arrows... Archery was something that could help him suppress his impatience. After shooting a barrel of arrows,
The official had already made up his mind. When he came back from shooting the arrows and wiped his face, he would summon the four generals to have breakfast together, then send them away and return home... After all, your own judgment is your own.
, as an official, you should always maintain a calm appearance on the surface.
After three arrows were fired from the second barrel, Yang Yizhong came to report, and Yu Yunwen returned from the other side of the river.
The envoy worked hard, and Zhao Jiu summoned him directly at the shooting range without hesitation.
"What did the Jin man say?" As soon as the other party came to him, Zhao Guanjia, who had just stopped exercising and was wiping his face with a hot towel, took the initiative to ask.
"The Jin people didn't take it seriously. They didn't let me enter the Daming Mansion. They sent me away directly in Puyang. I'm ashamed and it's a disgrace to my mission." He said he was ashamed, but Yu Yunwen, who was standing at the shooting range with his hands folded, had a rosy complexion and was quite excited.
This is of course. No one expected to actually bring the traitorous general over. The Jin people would only hand him over unless they were crazy, and they were just going to demonstrate. Therefore, it is actually impossible for Yu Yunwen, who "disgraced his mission", to actually "have any".
It was a disgrace to the mission'... When he came back alive, it was a successful mission.
"It's expected." Of course the Zhao Guan family didn't care either.
And just when Zhao Guanjia put down the hot towel and was about to continue to praise and encourage the other party, the new Jinshi couldn't help it for a moment and took advantage of the situation and said: "Guanjia, the Jin people are careless, and the secret military information of the ministers is being peeped!
"
Zhao Jiu was stunned and couldn't help but stand solemnly at the shooting range with his bow in hand: "Come on."
"I was in Puyang, but I didn't see the Jin army's ships. I was doubtful and had my thoughts on my mind. So when I came back, I used the name of seasickness and begged the Jin army who was accompanying me to send me back to try my best to let me cross the river from the upstream ferry... I followed him.
Twenty miles west of Puyang, we boarded the ship at Xiaowuxi, the old intersection of the North Yellow River, but we saw countless inland river boats behind Xiaowuxi!" Yu Yunwen was excited for a moment.
Xi is a kind of thing made of straw wrapped in stones or wood, with long ropes on the left and right, specially used to control the river. As soon as you hear the name, you will know that this place is very suitable for the intersection of the old Yellow River.
The fact that ships can gather behind Xiaowuxi is obviously because the Yellow River overflowed and rushed into the old channel, so Xiaowuxi naturally formed a port with an old dike as a shield.
Of course, Zhao Guan's family had a low level of education and did not know what the word 'sao' was, but this did not prevent him from roughly guessing the other party's meaning from his words and knowing where there was a large number of Jin army ships.
"This is indeed confidential military information. Are you saying that the Jin army will eventually attack south on a large scale with this method?" After thinking for a moment, Zhao Guanjia's expression did not change and he continued to ask.
Yu Yunwen was startled for a moment, but he was slightly confused, and he shook his head repeatedly: "That's not what I meant... Officials, before, the Jin Army controlled both sides of the Yellow River, and all the boats on the Yellow River were captured by the Jin Army. There should have been so many ferries.
."
"Then what do you mean?" Zhao Jiu was also confused when he heard this... He still couldn't let the Jin people attack this problem.
"Guan Jia, what I want to say is... why not take the initiative and burn Xiao Wu Xun?" Yu Yunwen came back to his senses and continued his eagerness to try.
Zhao Guanjia also came to his senses with these words, and then his heart skipped a beat... You're right, instead of guessing whether and when the Jin will come, why not first burn the other party's boat and take the initiative to control the Yellow River
What about midstream control?
As the saying goes, if the invaders don't come, I can go!
At this thought, Zhao Jiu suddenly turned back and looked at Yang Yizhong: "I remember that Li Bao was originally a hero on the Yellow River?"
"Exactly."
"Call him."
Yang Yizhong left immediately without saying a word. Only half a quarter of an hour later, he arrived with a somewhat confused Li Bao. The Zhao Guan family also asked Yu Yunwen to recount the incident.
"How?" Zhao Jiu looked expectant.
"I don't want to hide anything from the officials. It's extremely difficult at this time!" Li Bao hesitated for a moment, but still held his hands to each other.
"Why?" Zhao Jiu was puzzled for a moment. "The Jin people should not be good at water fighting, and I have stored many gunpowder bags in Tokyo, and there is no shortage of things to ignite the fire..."
Li Bao still shook his head: "The official... I have been to both rivers and seas. To me, fighting on the water is certainly better than a man's water quality and experience, but in the final analysis, it still has to be compared with boats. A big boat is better than a small boat, and more boats are better than boats.
Young Master...gunpowder packets are a good thing, but how can we attack Xiao Wu Xun without a boat? Moreover, the local minister of Xiao Wu Xun also knows that if I think about it at this time, if I want to capture it, I will definitely need a big boat, because only a big boat is needed.
Only large ships can be equipped with small trebuchets like the ones that the government is organizing in Nanyang, and can launch gunpowder packets into the harbor across the embankment. Small boats must also rush into the harbor to engage in battle to prevent enemy ships from scattering and hiding."
Zhao Jiu calmed down for a moment... Then he remembered that Yu Yunwen had just said that after Jingkang, in the Jianyan area, the Jin people gradually took control of the Yellow River channel, and most of the Yellow River ferries were controlled by the Jin people.
And since the Jin people controlled most of the ferries, conversely, the Song army did not have many ships.
"Besides, it's not enough to have a boat, you have to have good sailors...According to this tall Jinshi, there are hundreds and thousands of ferries of all sizes in Xiaowuxi, but there are only one or two thousand good sailors here, and there are no boats."
There is no one, so what can we do to sneak attack on Xiao Wu?"
Zhao Jiu calmed down more and more.
And just when the official was about to give up, he suddenly caught a glimpse of the 'tall Jinshi' from the corner of his eye who seemed to be eager to try again.
"Do you want to talk?" Zhao Guanjia's expression remained unchanged, but his heart became slightly more hopeful.
"The official family, I know where there are ships and where the sailors are..." Yu Yunwen couldn't wait. "The official family currently has 20,000 imperial navy troops, and there are countless ships available in the Liangshan berth!"
Zhao Jiu didn't show any disappointment on his face, but Li Bao simply laughed.
"You Jinshi are ignorant," Li Bao said with a sneer. "I, Li San, are from Puzhou, and I know Liangshanbo's strength better than you... But even if the heroes from Liangshan come here, they will only have sailors at most, but they are still
There is no boat…”
"There are ships at Liangshan." Yu Yunwen interrupted the other party sincerely. "There are both big and small ships. Leader Zhang told me that there are hundreds of ships for each one."
"I know, but if you can't cross, you can't drag hundreds of large and small boats across the ground to this side of the Yellow River, right?" Li Bao became more and more annoyed. "Could it be that you want to dig a river dozens of miles long from the Yellow River?
Tongji Water, and then to Liangshan Po? If you do that, I'm afraid you will have to change the river course again."
"There is no need to dig dozens of miles, only two miles can connect Liangshanbo to the Yellow River!" Yu Yunwen didn't know what Yihe Road was, but it was obvious that he had his own ideas. "And if we really dig it, there is no shortage of manpower at this time, and even more
The Jin people won’t notice!”
Li Bao was still smiling, but he didn't bother to pay attention to this tall young Jinshi who only talked about military matters.
But at the same time, Zhao Guanjia was suddenly stunned, because he realized what Yu Yunwen meant almost instantly - you know, part of Hua Shi Gang came from Liangshan that day! The way was Guangji River! That is, Wu Yunwen
Zhanghe!
The Bianhe River, which leads directly to the Yellow River, also passes through the city of Tokyo...
Isn't the nearest place just two miles away?
At this thought, Zhao Guanjia's expression remained unchanged, but his chest started to beat loudly.
"You have just heard what Commander Li said. Battles require large ships. Can the large-scale ships in Liangshan Bo pass there?" Zhao Jiu's expression remained unchanged and he asked cautiously.
Both Li Bao and Yang Yizhong were puzzled for a moment, but it didn't stop them from getting some understanding from Zhao Guan's words. So as soon as these words came out, Yang Yizhong, who had been expressionless, was slightly moved and Li Bao was also completely serious.
stand up.
"The newly widened river channel is definitely sufficient, but the water gate needs to be demolished." Under the encouraging eyes of Zhao Guan's family, Yu Yunwen tried his best to continue.
Yang Yizhong, who is familiar with the structure of Tokyo city, immediately verified his conjecture after hearing the word Watergate, but became a little uneasy: "For officials, Watergate can be demolished quickly, but it may not be easy to rebuild... If it doesn't work,
The Jin people crossed the river instead, fearing that they would leave deficiencies in the city's defense."
"It will be better if it is dismantled quickly." Zhao Jiu looked calm. "How can we regret the bottles and cans in the war? But I still have one worry... If the Liangshan warship passes through Tokyo, I only need to lock the water gate, and hundreds of warships will be gone.
If I don’t belong to Liang Shanbo, why should I let Lieutenant Zhang trust me after so many years of family foundation?”
At this time, Li Bao just woke up, but he rubbed his hands in excitement: "Guan, if I can surprise Liang Shanbo's army and come to the Yellow River, the matter will be 80% done! I am willing to be the vanguard for Zhang Da leader!"
However, Yang Yizhong and Yu Yunwen each wanted to speak.
"I know what you want to say, Commander Li, please be patient." Zhao Jiu raised his hand to stop the three of them, then leaned forward with the bow and arrow at his waist, and continued. "Even Captain Zhang trusts me, but Liang Shanbo
It is not Zhang Taiwei’s family background alone, so how can he make the people below trust the imperial court? Send all the ships that rely on him to send them to Tokyo City? "
"I would like to go to Liangshanbo with my party." Yang Yizhong offered his hands to each other. "I have had a relationship with Xiao En, the leader of Liangshanbo. He is a loyal person and can be used..."
Yu Yunwen's lips trembled, and he suddenly said seriously: "For the sake of the country, I am willing to go out as an envoy again and follow Yang Tongzhi to Liangshanbo!"
"For the sake of the country." Zhao Jiu said this and pulled out an arrow, then stared at Yu Yunwen, broke it on the spot, and threw the broken arrow to the ground. "No matter whether this matter can be accomplished or not, I will grant you a marriage first.
!Don’t refuse!”
Yu Yunwen gritted his teeth and bowed his head to each other, lowered his head, but it was facing the broken arrow, and then his blood almost boiled: "The official has returned to Tokyo to prepare, and I will not give up even if I die!"
Li Bao was puzzled for a moment: "Isn't it a good thing to grant a marriage? How can a Jinshi be like going to the execution ground?"
Yu Yunwen was embarrassed for a moment, and quickly bowed his head to the end again: "I thank the officials for their kindness."