Chapter 20 Crickets and Crickets

Out of the Dusongguan Mountains, the whole army walked for another four days, and arrived at Jianping County under the rule of the Guangde Army through Huzhou. This place was already under the jurisdiction of Jiangnan West Road, so the former army began to raise the Jianghuai flag to recruit ambassadors.

From here, you will go all the way north into the territory of Jiankang Province, and if you go west, it will be in the direction of Taiping Prefecture. When reading the history books, Liu Yu never understood why Wang Lixin wanted to make a big detour to Wuhu when he could go directly to Jiankang.

Now that he was in it, looking at the old man's frowning brow as he stared at the map, he knew that the old man was unwilling. The pain of knowing the result but being powerless to change it, Liu Yu himself feels the same way.

"Let's go west, I also want to see the majesty of the army." Liu Yu withdrew his gaze from the map and threw himself at Wang Lixin.

"Order the whole army to set off immediately, restrain each other, and not disturb the people." Wang Lixin took off his glasses and instructed the secretary of the army.

"I am hereby instructed that the whole army will go westward." The clerk recorded it in the book and handed over a token to the Colonel of the Heralds.

When the school took the card and came out, Wang Lin happened to come in, and the sound was only cold, Wang Lixin stared at him and said:

"Have you all replenished the food and grass?"

"It's all right, the Guangde Army went to Dafeng in the New Year, and Jianping County sent the grain that was often closed to supplement our military resources, this is a palindrome." Wang Lin handed a document to Wang Lixin.

"Well, this Jianping County is quite capable." Wang Lixin glanced at it and nodded.

"It's just that the county officials have all gone to the army to transport grain, and there are not enough people in the yazhong, so a certain sergeant has been ordered to go by himself." The army in Wang Lin's mouth refers to the division led by Jia Xianggong, which is currently stationed in Wuhu.

"The front army is setting off as a whole army, going to individuals, urging them to hurry up." When Wang Lixin heard this, the grain and grass had not come back yet, but fortunately, it was not far from here.

"Let's go." Liu Yu saw that Wang Lin had been running for a long time, so he couldn't bear it and took the initiative to ask. didn't wait for Wang Lixin to reply, opened the curtain and walked out, a cold wind blew in his face, and he couldn't help but shiver.

After a few days of exercise, Liu Yu has been able to trot on his own horse, and his pony is also very tame, and after Liu Yu personally washed and combed it a few times, he became very obedient.

With the sound of "Dede", Liu Yu caught up with a group of sergeants who went to transport grain and grass. With a urging, everyone pushed the cart and ran, and after a while, they arrived at the warehouse.

These days, as soon as he rests after the march, Liu Yu will tell various stories to the sergeants, and he has already talked about "Yang Jiajun". Everyone slowly began to like this Liu Jiyi, who had no shelf, and even Wang's father and son liked to listen to him in their spare time.

The army is a place where seniority is talked about strength, and Liu Yu has no qualifications and no strength, so he has no prestige for commanding sergeants. But he knows how to lead by example and do everything himself. At the moment, he rolled up his sleeves and carried the heavy grain bags with everyone, so that no one dared to slack off.

When the grain truck returned to the rear army station, Wang Lixin and his entourage had already reorganized the team and was ready to open at any time, and the banner of the front army was almost invisible.

"Fortunately, I didn't disgrace my life." Liu Yu jumped off the pony, picked up the towel he brought and wiped his sweat, and was about to set off, but it was too late to take a bath.

Wang Lixin nodded at his appearance, and with a wave of his hand, the entire rear army began to slowly turn and walk west along the road ahead.

The road leading to Wuhu is still very spacious, along the way, from time to time you can see the convoy of goods transporting forward, most of them are ox carts, not compared to the north, the Great Song Dynasty is extremely short of horses, and the limited horses are almost all supplied to the army.

Liu Yu's entire team of five or six hundred people, only more than ten horses, except for a few leading troops, only spies can have a horse, and ordinary first-class petty officers have no share. This is the status quo, even if you can crush the enemy, you can't launch a fierce pursuit.

Two days later, the whole army entered Huangchi Town, which was already under the rule of Taiping Prefecture, and was only 30 miles away from Lugang, Wuhu County, where the army was stationed, and it could be reached in half a day.

Wang Lixin ordered the whole army to be stationed here, and he took Wang Lin and Liu Yu a few and a dozen or so guards to go, Liu Yu looked at the dusty crowd, and swallowed the words for a while.

The water network of Wuhu County is vertical and horizontal, and the Qingyi River, Luming River, and Wushui all flow to the big river through this, that is, the Yangtze River in later generations. At this time, the entire county border became a large military camp.

There are still ten miles away, Wang Lixin and his party were stopped by the sentry, after checking the identity, a few miles apart is the checkpoint, and where the eye can see, the camp tents are dense, the flags are numerous, and the flying horses are endless.

Under the guidance of the people from the governor's mansion, the group was brought into the anchorage of the Lugang Naval Division, if it weren't for the surrounding naval warships, Liu Yu would not have imagined that the place where Jia Yidao would meet them would be here.

Looking at the huge building ship that is as high as three floors in front of you, the carved beams and painted buildings, the green tile Zhu Yong, the silk embroidered into a tree, the richness is like the Beique Zhu Palace. Coupled with the faint sound of silk and bamboo, this is clearly the painting boat of famous prostitutes leaning on the window and laughing on the Qinhuai River.

Liu Yu shook his head with a wry smile with Wang Lin on the side, and saw a middle-aged man who looked like a Qingke walking in front of him, smiling and arching his hand to everyone.

"Wang Zhao's discussion has worked hard all the way, Weng Yinglong, who joined the army in the Governor's Mansion, and the Taishi has been waiting for a long time." With that, he went to the ship.

When everyone got on the boat, they saw a man in purple robbing him, holding Wang Lixin's hand and crying loudly: "I regret not listening to the public's words, so far." "It is Jia Rudao who is the imperial master of the dynasty, the official worships the important military affairs of Pingzhang, and leads the 130,000 army with the governor of the Lin'an Governor's Mansion.

Liu Yu took a closer look at this historical celebrity in the back, with thin eyes and long eyebrows, wide ears, and a majestic torso, which was about the same height as himself. The face is white, the jaw is clear, the eyes are bright, the style is graceful and generous, and he treats people like a spring breeze, and there is no obscenity that a traitor should have.

It's really unseemly, Liu Yu said secretly in his heart. In his original plan, if Wang Lixin's side couldn't get through, he was ready to directly bribe this Jia Xianggong's right and right people with a lot of money.

According to historical records, his two Qing guests "big and small courts, one is decided by the pavilion guest Liao Yingzhong and the hall official Weng Yinglong, and the chief executive is only the end of the paper", the one who was introduced just now was Weng Yinglong, and the other did not know where.

Now it seems that even if he blends into the Jia Dao curtain, it will not be of much use. As far as this virtue is concerned, in a popular saying in this world, "Although Sun Wu is resurrected, Wu Qi is reincarnated, it is difficult to save him", not to mention Liu Yu, a little otaku.

After some introduction, Liu Yufang knew that the thin scribe dressed as a man next to Jia Yidao was Liao Yingzhong, who had been obsessed with carving books all his life, but he was a typical literary youth. After Jia Rudao died, he also committed suicide by taking poison, which was in response to the sentence "A soldier dies for a confidant".

Everyone entered the reception banquet set up by Jia Rudao, but they were on the second floor of the ship. Entering the building, a luxuriously decorated hall appears in front of you. They all sat down, and Jia Rudao waved his hand, the sound of silk and bamboo rose again, and the banquet began.

At first, when a team of dancing girls dragged their long skirts in, Liu Yu saw that Wang Lixin's face had become ugly.

"I have heard for a long time that the Taishi is magnificent, I can see it today, fortunately, although it is not material, I would like to use this wine to congratulate the Taishi, and I wish the Taishi this expedition, a great victory over the Tartar chieftain, and return triumphantly!!" Seeing that something was wrong, Liu Yu hurriedly picked up his wine glass and rushed to attend first, and went to Jia Rudao in the middle.

"Okay, you call him Liu" Jia Rudao was overjoyed when he heard this, and pointed at Liu Yu Liu for a long time, forgetting what his name was.

"Liu Ziqing." Liao Yingzhong on the side reminded in a low voice.

"Well, this Liu Ziqing said it very well, come, everyone drink this cup together to wish victory!" Jia Rudao picked up the wine glass, turned left and right, and took the lead in drinking.

"Don't be annoyed, think long-term." Liu Yu did not return to the table immediately after drinking, but walked to Wang Liyan's side and pretended to pour him wine, and persuaded in a low voice.

Seeing that Wang Lixin nodded silently, he returned to his seat and watched the song and dance performance while eating and drinking. But I was thinking in my heart, drunk and lying on the knees of beauties, waking up to control the power of the world, strategizing and drawing boats, and winning thousands of miles away. This is an enviable life!

"This Mr. Ziqing." While he was thinking wildly, he suddenly heard a voice calling for himself from the side.

"Exactly so, didn't ask for advice?" When he turned his head, he saw that it was a middle-aged scribe, who did not dare to slack off, and raised his hand to return the salute.

"Under the curtain of the lower Pingzhang, it is appropriate to write, Ninghai and Hu three provinces." This is also a celebrity, who was originally good at making envoys along the river, but he was recruited by Jia Rudao to accompany the army and called people, but he didn't use people's words, which made people feel depressed.

"It turned out to be Hu Jiyi, but coincidentally, a certain person is also a suitable position under the account, Liu Ziqing in Changzhou, please give me more advice in the future."

"That being the case, so-and-so will call you Ziqing, and if you have a certain character, Ziqing can also call so-and-so."

"Brother of the body, if you have to be reused by the master, you will have something to do, and you will pay tribute to your brother first!" Don't care about those, there is nothing better than persuading the wine to pull the relationship, Liu Yu, who has been doing sales for several years, is deeply gloomy.

Hu Sansheng smiled bitterly, picked up the wine glass and drank it all, and stopped talking.

"When I just came in, I watched the victory of the military camp, and the number seemed to be insufficient, could it be that the former army had already set off?" Liu Yu took a piece of chicken and threw it into his mouth, and said casually.

"Well, Sun Huchen, the commander of the former army's infantry army, led 70,000 people to go up the river for a few days." This product has no sense of secrecy at all, and such an important military situation is casually said.

Sun Huchen, this is also a pit goods, the culprit of the defeat in the battle of Dingjiazhou, as soon as the battle is engaged, this cargo will escape by boat. Ignoring the 70,000 troops who were fighting, the whole army collapsed.

You want to say that he was timid and afraid of war, but after the surrender of the Song Dynasty, this person did not obey the thief and died of grief. What he did was really wonderful.

"This Lu Harbor is the place where the rear road of the army is safeguarded, isn't there no heavy guard?" For this, Liu Yu has some ideas, but they are not yet mature and need some verification.

"There are still 20,000 people here, He Yun is unmanned, the army's food, socks and ordnance are all gathered here, yesterday, a certain was appointed by Pingzhang to be in charge of here, what is ahead, it is no longer a matter." Hu Sansheng sighed with emotion, and he had great ambitions that could not be stretched.

"The brother of the body is a big material, if you don't check the chapter for a while, you will wake up later, and you don't have to be so depressed." Liu Yu was overjoyed, this person's position was too important.

After the banquet, Liu Yuwan refused Jia Yidao's arrangement, and followed Hu Sansheng to the grain and grass collection place of the army under his jurisdiction, which was not far from the river. At night, the carriages and horses are still coming and going.

Hu Sansheng went to deal with official business, Liu Yu went around, materials were piled up everywhere, expensive armor was piled up at will, knives, guns, bows and crossbows were all over the place, Liu Yu picked up a waist knife, pulled it out and took a look, the knife was shining, and it was a new work.

"These are all prepared for post-war replacement." I don't know when, Hu Sanxing was already standing behind him.

There is no chance, and all this qiē will only cheapen the Mongols in the end. But now that he's here, that kind of thing must not be allowed to happen again. The defeat in the battle of Dingjiazhou is irretrievable, so even if these things are burned, they must not be left to the enemy, Liu Yu said silently in his heart.