Majiadu Town, the most edge of Jiankang Mansion along the river, was empty, and even the livestock were only left with wild cats scurrying around. Since the Southern Expedition, even in a place like Ezhou, where there has been a bloody battle, it is not as clean as what you see in front of you, so there is only one possibility, which is an organized act of the government.

"Qi Qi Dashuai, there is news from the front reconnaissance cavalry, from here all the way to Jiangning Town, it is like this, even the nearby countryside is no longer populated, and those southern barbarians have abandoned the fields that have not yet been planted." Hearing the report of the coming rider, Boyan was even more silent, waved his hand, and rode into the town first.

There are still some unusual things about this empty town, and many of the walls are plastered with slogans. Boyan walked slowly, looking at it as he went, and sometimes stopped to think about it, these slogans were quite different from those of the Han people, and they seemed very simple and easy to understand.

"An inch of mountains and rivers and an inch of blood!" Boyan smiled as he read this, and seemed to appreciate it. Just like this, all the way to a house that seemed to be a big family, the snow-white wall was painted with a line of blood-red characters, Boyan looked up, first stunned, then laughed, and more and more exaggerated, as if about to fall off the horse.

Seeing the situation of his own boss, he curiously urged the horse over, he didn't know the Chinese characters very well, and beckoned a Song man to surrender to the side. The subordinate glanced at it, his face changed suddenly, and he just refused to say anything, and he was busy raising his whip and wanted to hit it, but Boyan stopped laughing and glared at him with his eyes.

"Well, yes, that Jiankang City, a certain is looking forward to it now, sons, cheer up and go with so!" Boyan shouted, raised his whip and urged the horse, and went first. When Lu Wenhuan passed by, he turned his head and glanced at it slightly, and his face was also a little sneering, and it was written on it, "Old thief Boyan, the place where Er is buried under Jiankang City, have you prepared a coffin?" ”

In Zhenzhou, Huainan East Road, which is separated from Jiankang Mansion by a river, Li Tingzhi, the ambassador of the two Huai systems, is leading his 7,000 Huai soldiers into ** County. Wang Lin rode a horse and followed the Chinese army, as far as he saw in the army, this Huai army was indeed stronger than the forbidden army they brought from Lin'an Mansion, and it was really worthy of being a border army.

From ** county to Guabu by the river, it was only a day's journey, and Li Tingzhi's messengers had traveled all over the state, bringing together soldiers and horses from all over the state. He also had to collect money and food, raise ordnance, and fortunately there were not many soldiers and horses, otherwise he would not be able to do anything.

The envoy to Huaixi Xia had already returned, and Li Tingzhi didn't even need to look at the letter that was obviously written by someone else to know that the trip was in vain. Although he had a premonition, his heart was still a little heavy, and he raised his head to look at the clouds and sighed, his strength was too small to carry the sky of the Great Song Dynasty.

Ganzhou on Jiangnan West Road is located in the place where five rivers converge, such as Ganshui, Qianhua Water, Taoshui, Zhangshui, and Gushan Water, and was originally known as "Qianzhou". In the twenty-third year of Shaoxing, Dong Deyuan, the school secretary, took the word "piety" as the tiger's head, and the Qianzhou number was "Hutou City", which was not a good name.

Ganxian County, where the state is located, is surrounded by Wuyi Mountain, Yanshan, Zhuguang Mountain and Jiulian Mountain and Da Yuling of Nanling, etc., and many mountain ranges and other veins stretch to the central and northern regions, forming the topography of Zhou, high and low, high and low in the south and low in the north. The county seat is built between the mountains and rivers, although it is not very tall, but it also has another majesty.

At this moment, on the top of the city tower, a person looks at the railing, this person has a magnificent appearance, beautiful as jade, beautiful eyebrows and long eyes, looking forward to Yeran. It was Wen Tianxiang who knew Ganzhou as the champion of the state for four years, but his expression was very solemn, a pair of beautiful eyebrows were tightly clenched, and he was holding a document in his hand.

"How long has Chen Jizhou been gone, he should be back, right?" Wen Tianxiang looked at it for a moment, retracted his gaze, and asked the soldiers on the side.

"Returning to Taishou, the Xitong area, the mountain road is rugged, it is not easy to walk, and it should be late. However, Mr. Fang has returned from Jizhou, and he is in a hurry to come here. The soldiers knew his intentions, and they never bothered.

Wen Tianxiang nodded when he heard this, and while the two were talking, he saw a person walking up from the city tower, his face was full of dust, and he was obviously in a hurry all the way, and he didn't have time to wash it.

"Thank you Mr. Fang, come, come in and talk." This person is Fang Xing, who he sent to Jizhou to transfer troops, seeing that the person is in such a situation, although he is a little anxious in his heart, it is not good to ask on the spot.

Fang Xing thanked him, entered the room, took a big pot first, and did not pour it out, but poured it directly at the spout, he was really thirsty. Wen Tianxiang sat quietly and didn't urge him, and waited for him to rest for a while before he spoke.

"How do you say there in Jizhou, how many soldiers and horses can be sent?" Wen Tianxiang because of the response to the imperial court's edict of King Qin, has been added to Jiangnan West Road to be sentenced to appease, Fang Xing's trip is to take his Jun order to the neighboring Jizhou to transfer troops.

"Not much, there are only more than 2,000 people in the whole state, and before a certain left, the soldiers and horses have been drawn and will arrive soon. The state still needs to make some preparations, including food, grass, camps, and military supplies. Fang Xing shook his head, Jizhou is not Shangzhou, this is already the largest force that can be scraped together.

"It's good to have it, Chen Jizhou can recruit some more, so there will be more than 10,000 people. Time is pressing, Lin'an is a long way to go, and when he turns back, we will set off. Wen Tianxiang was not disappointed because of the small number of soldiers, in his opinion, every road and every state has some, how can it form a large army.

Fang Xing looked at his own Taishou and wanted to say something, but the words came to his mouth but swallowed. Wen Tianxiang peeked at his expression, knew what he meant, waved his hand, and signaled that he didn't have to scruple and had something to say.

"Taishou, now the Tartar army is divided into three roads, drumming and traveling, Jinghu, and the prefectures along the river are all looking down from the wind. Jun Jin wants to go to it with more than 10,000 rabble, which is no different from driving a flock of sheep and fighting tigers. A certain knows that persuasion is useless, but it is like a stalk in the throat, and he is not happy to vomit. ”

Fang Xing couldn't bear to blow his confidence, and his words were not serious. Wen Tianxiang heard his words and stood up, how could he not understand this friend of his own, it was just for his own good.

"I know it. The first country has raised ministers for more than 300 years, once there is an emergency, the army of the world, no one has a ride into the pass, I hate this, so I do not measure myself, and to take a body, the loyal ministers and righteous people in the world will have those who hear the wind and rise. The righteous victor seeks to stand, and the people make contributions, so the society can still be protected. ”

After hearing this, Fang Xing knew that it would be useless to persuade him again, so he didn't say anything more, and the two of them were a little silent for a while. Wen Tianxiang didn't understand how to think about it, the Great Song Dynasty treated people well, encouraged industry and commerce, and persuaded farmers to provide disaster relief. Now that the country is in trouble, there are very few people who resist, but there are many people who are looking forward to the wind.

In the yamen of the Jiankang Prefecture System Division, Liu Yu was also discussing with Wang Lixin the imperial court's edict of King Qin, which was delivered by urgent delivery of 600 miles in the morning, and the soldiers were holding gold medals. Liu Yu's hand was playing with this legendary "gold medal" that recalled Marshal Yue, but unfortunately it was not made of gold at all, and the wooden brand was painted with gold paint.

"Recruitment, is Jia Xianggong really down?" After playing with the brand for a while, he felt a little bored, so Liu Yu put it on the table and first flipped through the latest newspaper of the imperial court that was sent with it.

"Well, an order has been issued, demoted to the deputy envoy of Gaozhou regimental training, and sent to Xunzhou for resettlement." Wang Lixin was a little embarrassed, not long ago he was still a powerful and powerful country, and he commanded the army, but with an edict, he almost became a concubine.

What Liu Yu thought in his heart was that there was no image of a power minister at all, and he didn't even have the power to resist. has been in power for so many years, and the protégés, the old officials, have fallen so lightly.

"The escort is called Zheng Huchen, the county lieutenant of Huiji?" If history doesn't change, this person will take Jia Nidao's life halfway, of course, Liu Yu is not in the mood to run to save him.

"I didn't say it above, how do you know that person has an old relationship with you?" Wang Lixin looked at him strangely.

"Rumors, rumors, how could so-and-so know him. How to reply to this edict of the imperial court, although there are still some soldiers and horses in Jiankang Mansion, but it is still insufficient to defend the city, how can it still enter Lin'an. Liu Yu hurriedly diverted the topic, he just wanted to confirm whether it was as the history books said.

"It's okay, it's not too late to enter the guard, it's not too late to do it after the war is over, Ziqing, if you hold this Jiankang City, Yu Jingshi's help will be greater." I have to say that Wang Lixin still has some strategic vision.

Liu Yu nodded, in the entire Jiankang City, there are only more than 30,000 forbidden troops who can fight, plus the township soldiers and the volunteers who are recruited immediately, it is only less than 35,000. The Tartars are here, at least close to 100,000, and they still feel full of confidence before, but at this time, they can't help but feel a little drumming in their hearts, if they want to defend this city, they need to use more brains.