Yu Yunwen's sudden suggestion is inherently risky and unworkable, and can be described as wishful thinking.
For example, if the weather suddenly turns cold, there is no need to freeze the Yellow River, but as long as the Bianshui River and Guangji River are frozen, the matter will become a joke.
For another example, asking Liang Shanbo, a bandit force who had just surrendered to the imperial court, to entrust the river fleet with his own lifeblood for such a seemingly extremely risky plan is a huge practical obstacle in itself... because this is not only
The key to the question of whether Liang Shanbo is willing or not is that he needs to make a decision and take action within a very short period of time to make it possible.
This is a huge test for the Zhang Rong-Liangshanbo-Dongping Mansion military group.
In addition, now that the city of Tokyo has been semi-opened, how to dredge the Guangji River and the Bianhe River without alerting malicious people, how to make Liangshan boats find excuses to come to Bianliang, and how to let the boats pass through unimpeded
When traveling through densely built Tokyo, problems arise one after another.
And these things are basically connected in series rather than in parallel. Once one of them is wrong, it will be as ridiculous as a castle in the air.
But then again... everyone has to admit that Yu Yunwen's suggestion or plan does point out a theoretically feasible military plan in the current pressure dilemma.
After all, even the planners of the plan find it extremely difficult. On the other hand, once the plan is successful, it means that once the Liangshan Bo navy appears in the Yellow River, the subsequent surprise attack can almost be said to be in hand.
Even more than that, even if the subsequent raid fails, even if Xiao Wu's Jin army fleet is aware of it and runs directly along the old north flow of the Yellow River, as long as the Liangshan Bo navy enters the Yellow River, it will completely reverse the middle reaches of the Yellow River.
The strategic situation between the Song and Jin Dynasties - because for a long time, the power of Liang Shanbo has existed objectively but was limited to that huge water pool. The appearance of such a military force like a divine soldier descending from the sky on the Yellow River can almost destroy the entire coast of the Yellow River.
The rest of Henan was immediately liberated from Jin military pressure.
What is optimized power allocation? This is a typical optimized power allocation. Good steel is used on the blade.
Therefore, the significance of this matter was so extraordinary that on the third day of the twelfth lunar month, Zhao Jiu hurriedly returned to Tokyo and talked to the four prime ministers face to face. The four prime ministers knew that this matter was extremely risky, but they still unanimously agreed to do so.
Take a gamble.
However, that's the end of it. This matter is classified as top secret. No one knows about it until it reaches the level of the Prime Minister.
On this day, Zhao Guanjia was sitting in the palace. When Yu Yunwen and Yang Yizhong should have arrived in Liangshanbo, they originally wanted to write another sincere personal letter to Zhang Rong in person, but they just failed to write it several times.
Changed it to calligraphy practice.
He asked himself that he had done his best for these handsome ministers. He had really given them all the official positions, honors, wealth, moral encouragement, and personal friendship that he could give... In this case, this letter was not missing.
.
If you send it over, you will appear timid.
Early the next morning, the Provincial Government and the Privy Council issued an order and passed it to Liangshanbo through public channels, instructing Liangshanbo to send a fleet along the Guangji River (Wuzhang River) to Tokyo to receive the Imperial Navy's military pay for the next year.
Ordnance, food and fodder, and asked the states and counties along the way to carefully assist with logistics, and be sure to help dredge the rivers and debris.
At the same time, Privy Council Chen Chuchen, who was in charge of Bianjing's defense, finally announced his new city defense plan after a few months, which was to open up the Wuzhang River, Jinshui River, Bianhe River, and Cai River in Tokyo City.
The city formed an internal moat system surrounding the imperial city and palace city.
This kind of thing sounds reliable at first glance, at least it is more reliable than "returning to the river".
As soon as the plan was issued, the Privy Council, Kaifeng Mansion, and the provincial capital launched a three-pronged attack. At noon, tens of thousands of civilians in the city were remobilized according to the military divisions, and work began immediately... It can only be said that fortunately the Zhao family and the governors did not lift the plan.
Officer and military workshop control.
It is worth mentioning that when the work started at noon, in the afternoon, a local aboriginal father-in-law from Tokyo found a few imperial students to write the petition on his behalf... What the father-in-law meant was that the terrain in the north and south of Tokyo was uneven, and the river beds of the Bian River and the Wuzhang River were also high.
Differently, even if the moat is dug, it can only be used for a while. When the rain comes in summer, it will easily lead to flooding!
According to my father-in-law, in the early years of the Renzong Dynasty, someone had already thought about connecting several rivers, but they failed.
The Privy Council received the petition and paid special attention to it. On that day, in the name of advising on city defense, they gave these imperial students and their father-in-law to the Chongwen Academy in the palace where the capital hall is now located. Then, it turned out that the project designer, the Minister of the Ministry of War, and Kaifeng
The governor, Chen Gui, the minister of the Privy Council who signed a letter, came down to greet him in person. He set up a case in the public room in Chongwen courtyard and listened carefully to the father-in-law's explanation. At the same time, he asked several Tai students who participated to help sort out the suggestions.
The dignified prime minister, the prime minister of the court, such a courteous and virtuous corporal, the few imperial students were shocked, and they only felt that the matter of 'stealing books' must be a false accusation, and what kind of project was it at present?
Therefore, several people contacted other Tai students and helped Privy Chen and the father-in-law discuss the project in the west area of the city. They measured the height, studied waterways, and discussed the possibility of sluices.
For several days, several imperial students and the father-in-law were extremely busy inside and outside the palace.
While the leaders here were carefully listening to the suggestions of the people, in just three days, tens of thousands of strong men in the city over there, strongly stimulated by the official distribution of 60,000 kilograms of fresh pork during the Chinese New Year, had already started marching along the east side of the inner city.
In the bustling area of Tokyo in the past, a qualified ditch more than two miles long was dug across Niuxing Street.
This speed is actually a bit slow, but it is enough... After the Zhao Guan family returned to Beijing to ask about the rules, they calculated clearly that if they choose to connect the two rivers in the most prosperous Niuxing Street area regardless of the cost, it is actually equivalent to doing
A ditch more than three miles long, five to six feet wide, and three to four feet deep.
The amount of construction required for this ditch, on average, would cover the 40,000 to 50,000 strong men registered in Tokyo. In fact, each person would only need six or seven square meters of earth.
Obviously, due to the hasty construction, there must be a lot of waste of labor and duplication of work.
But it really doesn't matter.
After another two or three days of hard work, on the morning of the ninth day of the twelfth lunar month, the ditch was successfully filled with water, and the Wuzhang River and the Bian River were temporarily connected!
In the evening of that day, the Zhao Guan family also hurriedly got up from Pan Guifei's bed, and then went to Chongwen Academy to learn a definite news - Zhang Rong had led 30 ships and more than 100 flat-bottomed ferries from Liangshan three days ago.
let's go.
Facts have proved that Zhang Rong did not live up to Zhao Jiu's long-term grace and trust. After Yang Yizhong and Yu Yunwen came to Zhang Rong through Xiao En with the secret decree and marriage documents, the Liangshanbo leader only listened to Yang Yizhong conveying the secret decree.
, before he heard about the marriage, he did not hesitate and directly promised to go to war.
But because time was short and he had to keep it secret, he couldn't take the initiative to reveal the details to everyone, so after Zhang Rong returned to Liangshan Water Village, he simply ordered only his most core subordinates and most reliable leaders, taking about
Three-quarters of the ships in Liangshan Park and only half of the flat-bottomed ferries hurried out of the Guangji River.
By now, Zhao Jiu and the prime minister on duty, Xu Jingheng, had no intention of sleeping... Of course, Zhao Guan's family still pretended to go back to sleep, but they didn't actually fall asleep.
The next morning, because it was winter, the sky was very late. When the sky was clear, Zhao Jiu had been suffering on the bed for a long time. Without hesitation, Zhao Jiu immediately returned to Chongwen Academy, and in front of the four prime ministers who had gathered, he
The imperial edict, in the dual name of the capital office, ordered the demolition of the Northeast Shanli Water Gate (the road leading directly to Liangshan), the Zhengxi Water Gate (the entrance to the outer city where the Bian River exits), the southeast corner gate of the inner city (the gate where the Bian River enters the inner city), and the west corner gate of the inner city.
(The Bianhe River flows out of the inner city gate), and demolish all the bridges on the Bianhe River inside and outside Tokyo City!
The upper earth bridge, the lower earth bridge, the left and right bridges, the golden beam bridge, including the grand and magnificent Gokaishu Bridge. These are familiar bridges that have accompanied the city of Tokyo in the first half of the past few decades...all of them were demolished!
That's right.
For this sneak attack, Zhao Guan's family completely destroyed the grand scene in the Qingming River Scene... Of course, he was not the only one to destroy it. During the Jingkang Incident, the two saints who chose to surrender had already destroyed 80% of the living people in the picture.
, and Zhao Jiu just destroyed the bridge in the picture.
Moreover, the Zhao Guan family's move to demolish the city gate was not an unprecedented thing. Long before this, the Supreme Taojun Emperor, one of the two saints, wanted to allow a huge rockery stone to enter the city from the Guangji River and send it to Gen
In fact, the Shanli Water Gate in Northeast China has been demolished once before Yue Na resettled it.
So today, Zhao Jiu just dismantled it again.
One more thing here, Zhao Jiu has seen that huge rockery stone in Genyue more than once... When Yuan Sheng (Qinzong of the Song Dynasty) tried to smash all the scenic rocks in Genyue during the siege, he obviously encountered this big rock.
It was difficult, so I just smashed half of it and then pushed the main body over.
But I really want to thank the Emperor Taishang Daojun. If such a majestic rockery had not collapsed there, Zhao Jiu, as a time traveler, would not have been able to realize the feasibility of Yu Yunwen's plan at the first time... Such a rockery city
If it can be transported into Tokyo city, there is no reason why Liang Shanbo's big ship can't get in!
All we can say is that in terms of frivolity and the courage to practice fantastic ideas, Emperor Taishang Daojun is worthy of being Emperor Taishang Daojun. He has always been at the forefront of the times.
Back in front of us, once this order was issued, the Zhao family and the four governors in the capital knew about it, and the whole city was bound to be shaken. The words, notices, and false projects that had been used to cover up people's ears could no longer be concealed, and some of them were gone.
No intention of looking back.
But how to say it?
Zhao Jiu didn't care anymore...he even felt a sense of relief and expectation.
But what must be emphasized is that although they are all sitting in Chongwen Courtyard, the relief and expectation of the Zhao Guan family and the relief and expectation of several governors are destined to be different.
The relief and expectations of the governors were based on the hope that the Liangshan Bo Shui Army would appear on the Yellow River, destroy the Jin Army's river ships, and completely move the defense line to the natural dangers of the Yellow River, completely stabilizing the rear; and Zhao Jiu
He was relieved and looking forward to it, but he was counting on this stabbing to gain a little advantage for the big battle that was coming sooner or later.
The Zhao Guan family still firmly believes that the war is ahead and is unstoppable.
Just like this, a few days later, on the morning of the twelfth lunar month, the city of Tokyo, which had been closed for two days and people were in panic, finally waited for the long-awaited fleet... But only a dozen ships arrived in the early stage.
There was no way, something went wrong on the road, two ships got stuck in the river. Yang Yizhong, holding a gold medal, captured the magistrate on the spot who had not ordered the provincial department to clean up the river, and then spent a lot of effort to get the two ships together.
The ship was towed to the branch port ahead and then continued sailing.
This was an accident, but it was an expected accident... a hundred days were delayed.
However, in the evening, subsequent ships began to enter the city one after another. Flat-bottomed ferries and fishing boats did not matter, they just waited outside the city. However, the following dozens of ships were brightly lit, illuminated by continuous braziers on both sides of the bank, learning from the previous ones.
More than a dozen ships carefully passed through the newly dug ditch and entered the wide Bianhe River channel.
At the Daxiangguo Temple, a small counterweight trebuchet and gunpowder bags had already been transported to the Bianhe River overnight.
Just wait until dawn the next day to load the ship and set off.
It was the first time for Zhang Rong to use a small gun carriage on a ship. He had gone to Xiangguo Temple with Privy Council Chen Guichen early to observe and learn. However, Zhao Guanjia was standing on the north bank of the Bianhe River, looking at the dozens of dark ships stretching in front of him.
Absence.
"Is this a ship?"
Zhao Jiu took advantage of the light from the brazier and looked at it for a long time with his hands behind his hands before speaking.
"A good instructor knows," Zhao Jiu was answered by Yang Yizhong, a know-it-all who came back with the follow-up fleet. "This kind of ship is named after the water wheel in the bilge. It can step on, turn, advance and retreat freely by human power, and
The lower level is focused on maneuvering the boat, and the upper level is focused on fighting, which is far better than ordinary river boats... The only thing is that the water needs to be open to be useful, so this time when entering the Guangji River, be careful and careful along the way... But the official
Don’t worry, once you enter the Bianshui River, it will be more safe because the Bianshui River is wider. When you enter the Yellow River, it will be like a fish entering the water, and it will continue to flow down the river. The Jin army will definitely be caught off guard."
Zhao Jiu shook his head, obviously not thinking about the nonsense he had already heard from Chen Gui: "How did Liangshanbo get so many ships...can you build them yourself?"
"They were all left behind during the encirclement and suppression by the army that day... It is said that there were originally fifty or sixty ships. After the defeat, about forty ships were left behind. Thirty ships were sent out this time." Yang Yizhong looked slightly embarrassed.
"It's a good thing." Zhao Jiu sighed softly.
"..."
"I remember you captured a county magistrate on the way?" Zhao Jiu suddenly turned around and asked again.
"Yes." Yang Yizhong quickly answered. "It is expedient. In order to open navigation as soon as possible, I have no choice but to do it."
"I know what's going on... The new Jinshi, he only cares about being an official and forgets about doing things... I'm asking you, where is he?"
"Shang is being escorted from the rear and is about to be handed over to the provincial capital for questioning."
"Beheaded." Zhao Jiu suddenly said simply.
Yang Yizhong was stunned for a moment: "...official family?"
"Behead him." Zhao Jiu repeated. "Regardless of whether it is true or false inside and outside, this is a serious military matter, not a civil matter. We cannot indulge them, and there is no need to hand it over to the capital. I am the marshal of the world's soldiers and horses. It is a legitimate military law to kill him today!"
It doesn’t violate the system!”
Yang Yizhong still hesitated: "Guan family, this is a new Jinshi..."
"Then we have to behead." Zhao Jiu continued to repeat. "Why was it that when I was inspecting the Wubao defense line, I could behead everyone for corruption, and I was preparing to kill the general and commander, but now I couldn't kill a county magistrate who had actually misunderstood the military situation? Behead him.
The winner is the new Jinshi!"
Yang Yizhong nodded slowly, turned around and summoned Zhai Biao, the hard-working man, to deliver the order. After explaining clearly, when he turned around, he hesitated to speak.
"Just say whatever you want to say..." Zhao Jiu was impatient for a moment.
"Guan Jia, I heard the officials talking to Taiwei Zhang at Daxiangguo Temple before, and I wanted to dissuade him at that time. However, I was embarrassed by my status, so I couldn't help but hesitate..." Yang Yizhong took the initiative to remain silent for a moment, and then he spoke frankly. "
I think the officials are too tolerant of a few handsome ministers."
"Aren't you good, You Rong?" Zhao Jiu was silent for a moment and then said. "It's wartime, and we need people to work hard..."
"Of course it's a good thing, but too much is too much." Yang Yizhong said sincerely. "Besides, the officials treated the civil servants a little harshly..."
"Is this what you want to say?"
"I...I think it is a good thing for the officials to pay equal attention to civil and military affairs, but with more than a hundred years of tradition, even the military ministers themselves have become accustomed to different paths of civil and military affairs. Therefore, in some things, the officials think that a bowl of water is fair, but the people of the world do not.
They all feel that the officials are bent on treating one party harshly." Yang Yizhong became more sincere. "The officials favor commanders and military generals because they have to fight in wartime. This is okay, but in wartime, there is no need for civil servants to work hard.
? Moreover, the imperial court has its own system of rewards and punishments. When giving rewards, the officials should be extra kind to the commanders, which will naturally convince the commanders. But when punishing, one should not be aggravated without authorization to cause misunderstandings.
...This is my humble opinion, and I hope the officials will not be angry."
"This kind of talk, one after another, have you prepared it in your mind? Do you, Yang Yizhong, want to be a famous official?" Zhao Jiu finally laughed. "But why did you choose to say it in the middle of the night?"
"I can only be a treacherous minister in this life, how can I become a famous minister?" Yang Yizhong finally had no choice. "It is not my turn to say these words. It's just that today I am a bit presumptuous. I feel that the official's attitude should be saved."
The desire to do great things will be the right time to employ people in the future, so that’s all.”
Zhao Jiu nodded: "Listen to your words, I will bear with you for the sake of the country. I will be patient for a moment... and send the magistrate to the capital for disposal!"
Yang Yizhong immediately responded and left.
In this regard, Zhao Jiu just shook his head... In other words, Zhao Guanjia didn't think Yang Yizhong's words were very reasonable at all. Compared with before, he was indeed not very kind to civil servants, but the problem was that compared with the Jin people opposite, regardless of
No matter what, the civil servants of the Song Dynasty were always treated as if they were in heaven.
What's more, he also treated his collaborators among civil servants with great kindness.
As for why he still listened to Yang Yizhong's nonsense advice, he still said the same thing. During the war, when the commander-in-chief and generals were required to sacrifice their lives, it was time for them to be graceful - Zhao Jiu was not the magistrate, but his imperial armed forces.
The number one figure is Yang Yizhong.
As a military general, Yang Yizhong also naturally possesses the third power as a spy leader. It is a fact that he is attacked by foreign and Korean forces on weekdays. It is also a fact that he has taken the blame for Zhao Guan's family many times. To kill this county magistrate tonight, he is under the greatest pressure.
It wasn't him Zhao Jiu, but Yang Zhengfu who arrested this person from the beginning.
that is it.
On the 13th day of the twelfth lunar month, at noon, I heard that more than 30 small artillery carts had been successfully loaded onto ships. Zhao Guan's family, who had pretended to go back to sleep last night, returned to the Bianhe River. However, they led the ministers from the capital and Zhang Rong, who had worked hard all night, and went to the battle this time. Several leaders of the Liangshan Bo navy bid farewell.
"There is no need to worry about the defeat of this battle. I will not go to the front line to cheer for Captain Zhang." Zhao Jiu held Zhang Rong's hand and smiled easily. "Let Yu Yunwen, a new scholar in the science, accompany me instead of going to the river with Captain Zhang to observe the success or failure. I am waiting for news in Beijing, you can just fight hard."
Zhang Rong neither put his hands on his hips nor smiled, but responded seriously: "Not to mention blocking the Jin people on the Yellow River, which would have been a better way. I just say that the officials are so loyal to us, and we should do the same. It is only right for the officials to put their swords at both ends and fight hard."
Many ministers and ministers by the riverside couldn't help laughing when they heard this.
But Zhao Jiu just nodded repeatedly, let go of the opponent's hands, and said nothing.
Zhang Rong didn't want to say anything, so he just turned around and jumped on the first big ship flying his flag, and ordered the ship to start the water wheel. When the ship slowly started to start and the speed increased, he suddenly thought of something, and directly stepped on the water wheel. On the deck, he bowed in the direction of the river embankment: "Guardian, I see that the people in Tokyo are in great inconvenience. After we pass, please repair the water gates, bridges, and ditches!"
Before Zhao Jiu could respond, the ship was unstoppable and had already sailed away. Then dozens of ships started in sequence, followed by more than a hundred small boats, and they went down the river in front of them, directly out of the city.
The fleet passed the city wall and entered the Jinming Pond outside the city. Even the flags were no longer visible.
"Imitate Li Yanxian's 'mainstay' flag and make a flag of the same shape as 'Practice for Heaven'." Zhao Jiu didn't hesitate and turned around to give instructions. "After this battle, no matter what the outcome is, send it to Captain Zhang." .”
ps: Sacrifice a new book, "The Most Cruel Man in Southern Ming"
Thanks to the 73rd Cute Ghost Self-awareness classmate, and the third alliance with the boss.
To put it bluntly, you must have thought that I had coded this chapter in advance... In fact, the weather in Beijing was so comfortable today that I coded to 4,500 words at around 7:30 in the morning, and then slept for five hours on and off. Coded the last thousand words