In later generations of China, there are two historical projects that are talked about by the world, one is the only artificial relics that can be seen from the moon...... Great wall. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The other is an artificial water conservancy hub that connects the two major water systems in the north and south and benefits hundreds of millions of people across the country...... The Grand Canal, the latter situation is divided into two kinds, one is built before the Sui and Tang Dynasties, from Luoyang to Jiangdu, the famous loser emperor Yang Guang left, the legend asked the woman to pull a boat across Huaiyang, the other is the Yuan people for bad luck, on the basis of the old canal has been extended to Dadu, until the 21st century is still unimpeded Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.

In the middle of October of the first year of Deyou, the latter may not even be a fantasy, but the starting point of this fantasy is at the foot of Liu Xingzu, who knows the history of Suzhou defense and knows Chuzhou, behind him is the tall and sturdy county seat of Chuzhou, the county seat of Shanyang, in front of him is the surging Huaishui that goes straight into the sea, and on his side is the canal trunk canal that runs through the county seat to Yangzhou, and between these rivers and cities, there are 18,000 Red Jacket and Light Armor, waiting for the Great Song Dynasty Forbidden Army! All are made up of Huai people.

"Taishou, show it to the last general." The war is imminent, and the only person who can talk to him, the commander-in-chief, is the cronies of General Wenguang, who has been promoted by his own hands and step by step from his own soldiers to the commander of the capital.

"It's okay for you to watch it, after reading it, guess if you dare to cross the river?" Liu Xingzu looked at him with a greedy expression, but he didn't say anything to blame, but handed him the clairvoyant mirror in his hand.

It's not that he's stingy, it's really that this thing is too expensive, there are not a few in the entire Huai Army, and he still came over to Mr. Xuzhi last time, saying that the marshal knew his hard work, and specially gave him what he used, this grace, but it was more gripping than ordinary swords and armor, it was simply a divine object.

Thousands of steps away, the human eye can't even see clearly, in this small thing, you can actually see the font on the flag, no wonder those spies don't want their lives, and they won't let it fall into the hands of the Tartars, for this, Liu Xingzu has no jealousy, because people are using their lives to obtain information, without them, this battle doesn't have to be fought at all, and there is no chance of winning at all.

"Hey, I'm afraid it's not more than 100,000." Yu Wenguang only glanced at it, and then inhaled and exhaled again and again.

"Eighty-four thousand seven hundred." A faint voice sounded from the side, shattering his surprise invisibly.

Liu Xingzu not only knows the specific number of people, but also knows the composition of the troops, all of which are naturally the result of the hard work of those elusive spies day and night, thinking of this, he subconsciously looked into the distance, as if he wanted to find a pair of eyes somewhere, but unfortunately, except for the fierce river wind, it was that it could be seen without any tools...... Banner of the sun!

The Yuan people started to battle in front of the river early in the morning, and they could hear great movement across the Huaishui, and when Liu Xingzu led his troops out of the city, their rear team was still coming out of the camp in a steady stream, and what did they want to do? This question has always puzzled him, to be honest, he has long been prepared for a day when the Yuan people suddenly come to the city, and the army will besiege the city, but this is not the case.

Do they think that by putting on a grand formation, they can scare themselves into surrendering? If not, what is the purpose of doing this, he has obviously let go of the Huai River defense line, is it not good to cross it secretly, before he can figure it out, the clairvoyant mirror that he regards as a treasure is under his nose.

"What, scared?" When Liu Xingzu took it, he found that his cronie had his head down and his face was not very good.

"I'm afraid." Yu Wenguang was like a cat with his tail stepped on, and when he found out that he was facing his commander, he touched his head again...... On the iron helmet, "The meaning of the subordinates, the Tartars are only afraid that they are really going to cross the river, it is better to go back to the city first, and let the last general take people to stand here, and it is not too late to retreat if they can't stand it." ”

I didn't expect this rough man to have a careful thought, but let Liu Xingzu look at him twice, fighting with the Tartars in the field, he wouldn't do that kind of stupid thing, originally he just wanted to try the opponent's reaction, in addition to the 18,000 people here, there were also 5,000 in the city in case of accidents, thinking of this, Liu Xingzu suddenly had an idea, he beckoned to call a personal soldier.

"Can there be new military reports from the upstream and downstream?"

The soldiers shook their heads with some doubts, as soon as the words came out, Liu Xingzu knew that he was a little anxious, this river defense in Huaidong, from the Zhaoxin Army to the mouth of Chuzhou, hundreds of thousands of miles, relying on people to guard, how could he point to others in everything.

"Go, order the patrol to expand the range again, upstream to the line of Hongze Lake, downstream, straight to Haikou." The soldiers were shocked, it was hundreds of miles away, and it took time to go back and forth, not to mention, even if they found out, how to stop it?

Liu Xingzu didn't have time to explain, his intention to do this, the most afraid of besieging the city was not that there was no food, but no confidence, if he watched so many Tartars calmly cross the river in broad daylight, the blow to the morale of the defenders would be huge, and the instructions given to him by the marshal should be at least a month to achieve the effect of exhausting the enemy, but he knew that one month was not enough, and only by dragging it out longer could it play a greater role, so even if the entire Chuzhou City was destroyed, it was a blessing.

The Tartar did not choose to cross the river at night, he was afraid that this was the idea, so even if it was a risky move, he still chose to send troops to the formation, not to stop, but to let his subordinates take a look, these enemies are also mortal in the flesh, although their number is only half of theirs, they are not afraid.

"Report, the patrol rode ten miles upstream, and no trace of the enemy was found, and there was no movement on the other side."

"Report, ten miles downstream, there is no one, one horse, one boat."

"Newspaper, up to fifteen miles, the same is true."

"Report, ......"

After a while, the rewards of one trip after another returned to him, listening to these cookie-cutter military information, Liu Xingzu's heart swelled not to relax, but to be more vigilant, too normal is abnormal, such a battlefield sense of smell is not unique to him, and it is very effective.

In fact, he didn't know that this practice of instigating the capital, not only did they not understand the Song people, but also their own children, the captain of the school, the marching thousands of households, and the general commander of the army were also puzzled, what he didn't understand was that even if it was risky to cross the river at night, now he could kill the Song people by surprise before they left the city, why did they have to wait until they were in battle, and there was still no movement here?

More than 80,000 people, hedgehogs gathered together, can be seen from a distance, in addition to the dense human heads, shining golden swords, guns, spears, halberds, that is, the side is large or small, according to the military formation, the scattered formation, neatly arranged but dancing with the wind of the hundred household flags, thousands of household flags, until he, the Henan Xingzhongshu Province Zuocheng, Chu, Yang and other places to recruit envoys, the deputy capital marshal of the southern expedition!

The autumn wind blows the flag.

The fierce sound of the flag moving with the wind, is the sound that the instigator likes to hear the most, his eyes swept over the generals and colonels around him one by one, he has a kind of pride in holding the army across the world, the small Huaishui is not in his eyes at all, hundreds of years ago Fu Jian had the feat of "throwing the whip to cut off the stream", and he once laughed at the arrogance of this person, and now when he took the male soldiers to drink the horse Huaishui, he knew what a natural state of mind this was, so in addition to the results written in the history books, he wanted everything else.

What is the commander waiting for, the subordinates dare not ask or discuss, but the doubts on the face are clear, and they all know their thoughts, but they don't plan to say anything.

Baijia slaves looked at their father's face indifferently, as if they didn't put the more than 10,000 Song people on the other side of the river in their eyes at all, this kind of formation is not like just a demonstration, no matter what, even if it is a dignified battle, with their own absolute advantage of the army, there is no need to stick to this side at all, the Song people only have that little soldier, as soon as the attack surface expands, they will not be able to take care of it, at least it can reduce casualties, such common sense He doesn't think that Dad doesn't understand, that is another deep meaning?

Following this line of thought, he couldn't help but look back at the generals around him, there were six of the ten thousand households of the Han army alone, and among the thousands of Mongolian households, in addition to himself, who was in charge of the guard, there was also one who was responsible for the perimeter guard, and there was no one who was missing from counting, he subconsciously looked at his father, and instigated him to show a meaningful smile.

Frontal hold, surprise attack, easy to say, but in front of a large river as wide as several miles, not only wide water flow but also rapid, the yellow river water before and after, forming a whirlpool of different sizes on the water surface, looking at it makes people feel frightened, is there somewhere, there is a shoal that can wade through the water? Baijia Nu couldn't believe it, but his father didn't mean to mention it, and his flat smile seemed to warn him to 'be calm and don't be bored'.

"Dashuai, the person has arrived." In this anxiety, as soon as he rode a fast horse from the riverside, he was stopped by the guards at a distance of more than a hundred paces, and after he hurriedly took out the token and checked it, he hurriedly ran to the front of everyone and knelt on the ground.

"Is the shifter in place?"

"The thousand households are less than seventy miles away from here, and the Song people should not have noticed it yet." The tone of the person who came was not very sure, and he looked at the big flag on the other side, and the red cloud of military formation behind the big flag, and nodded without hesitation.

"Okay, it's our turn, the generals will obey."

Not only was he not moved, but he put away his smile, his face was frosty, and he knew that the time had come.

"Hundred slaves."

"The end will be." The first one was his son, and the hundred slaves had already prepared in their hearts.

"You are the left wing, bring 3,000 people, regardless of the dead and wounded, you must entangle the Song people, can you hear clearly?"

"The last will understand." Baijianu took the Lingqi and kowtowed, and at this time he finally understood his father's intentions.

"Yang Tingbi."

"The end will be."

"Your command is on the right wing, just like him, whoever sets foot on the other side of the river first will be the first merit in this battle!"

"He deserves to die."

A stout Han general clenched his fists and received the order, there were only 10,000 people, and it had no effect on the huge formation behind him, the river was only so wide, and there were so many ferries, and he had already looted almost all the civilian boats on the north bank, and he had built a lot of his own, so that he could cross 6,000 people at a time, and now that he made his own move, he really wanted to see what the reaction of the Song people was?

The other side of the river began to act a month ago, and the movement was so big that everyone knew it, not only did they close the Huaishui ferries, no one was allowed to come and go, and even the fishing boats disappeared.

When he heard the news, he was so surprised that he couldn't believe it, the war had not yet started, it was not certain whether to fight or not, and even he didn't know when he would fight, the Song people had actually begun to prepare, so he had to put away his previous contempt, which formed today's decision.

Since the Song people have the determination to defend the city, they must do everything possible to lure them out of the city, even if they can't be wiped out, they must consume most of them, otherwise it is difficult to say what the battle will be like in the end, but it will definitely delay the Great Khan's plan to break through Huaiyang in one fell swoop and surround Jiankang Mansion from the flank, he doesn't want to bear this charge, and he can't afford it.

"What did you say, from the sea?"

Almost at the same time, Liu Xingzu also got the latest news, this news was not inquired about by his patrol horse, but from a thin, tall, black fisherman dressed as a man, who came holding the waist card of the marshal's mansion issued by Li Xianggong himself, and his personal soldiers did not dare to slack off, and directly let him ride into the battle and came to the front of the army.

“...... Yes, we didn't expect that when the Tartar fleet arrived off the coast of Chuzhou, we thought they wanted to harass along the coast, but they didn't think that thousands of small boats came down directly from above, there were not only people but also horses on board, from the land on the wharf of Yukou Town, there was no one there, and the Tartars did not stop after going ashore, the team was not organized, and the flag was not played, so they rushed towards Chuzhou. ”

"How many people are coming?" Liu Xingzu asked in a deep voice, Yukou Town is on the seaside, not close to here, if there are not many people, he still has five thousand reserves available, and there will be no danger for a while.

"Five thousand, only a little more, everyone is equipped with two horses, when we found out, it was already the second day, to say less, they may be less than fifty miles away, maybe even close to the left, the small man is not enough, can not keep up, defense, for safety, please make a decision quickly."

Hei Niu looked worried, he didn't expect that when he came over, the Song army had already gone out of the city to line up, and what made him even more frightened was that there was no other scene in sight on the other side, people, all people, what were they waiting for, do you need to say?

Liu Xingzu's face was as calm as water, and he did not panic because of this, but quickly calculated in his heart, retreat is a more difficult thing to control than advance, many examples of battles are not bad, or defeated between advance and retreat, compared to the enemy, 18,000 seems to be not much, but if from a distance, in fact, there is no difference, the same is countless heads.

If it is a gallop overnight, there are at most thirty miles from here, and there is still an hour of time, which seems to be very long, but in fact, there are too many things involved, such as the enemy who is ready to move.

"The Tartars have crossed the river." There was no need to be reminded by the soldiers, Liu Xingzu also clearly saw that there were shadowy boats on the river on the opposite bank, and countless boats of all sizes were dragged into the water, six or seven large boats were planted, and only two or three small ones were planted, and there was not even a single prop of artemisia and rowed to the center of the river with a pulp.

"The order goes down, and all the commanders of the Pingsai crossbowmen step forward and fire in turn, without waiting for the Tartars to approach." There was no time to think about it, and Liu Xingzu immediately made a decision.

"The front army of Zhongjie went first, entered the city from the west gate, the rear army detoured to the north of the city, pay attention to the warning approach, the front army of Xuanyi retreated to the south gate, and the rear army followed the officer, right here, Yu Wenguang, you lead the person to be responsible for supervision, and there are trespassers, that is, the marching law."

"The last general obeys!"

As soon as Yu Wenguang saw Taishou's expression, he knew that he could not be persuaded to withdraw his troops before the battle, and the most taboo thing was to cause chaos, in that case, not only would the speed not go up, but it would also lead to the collapse of the formation, the enemy was so deliberate, I was afraid that it would be like that, Liu Xingzu's plan was stable, but the most critical point was that he couldn't go first, which became the biggest variable.

The commander's banner did not move, the soldiers were naturally at ease, as many as twelve commanding Pingsai crossbowmen stepped forward in turn from the dodging passage, the archers pointed diagonally upward, the crossbowmen pointed forward flat, calmly waiting for the moment when the enemy entered the firing range, they did not panic at all, because everyone knew that even if the enemy came ashore in the end, there were nearly 5,000 brothers from the Xuanyi rear army led by Taishou behind them to sweep the battle for them, so what were they afraid of?

Separated by nearly a mile, naturally no sound can be heard, only a black cloud that suddenly flew into the air, only to know that it was the arrow launched by the Song people, instigated to look at the looming enemy flag in the distance, and suddenly had a feeling of unsolidity in his heart.

Launching in a hurry in a panic should be a normal performance, he is not worried at all about his son who is rushing to kill on the river with people, even if it is the most boastful divine arm bow of the Song people, it should be far from being in range at this time, let alone the projectile that is almost a big luck.

"Dashuai, the back of the Song people seems to be moving."

"What?"

The instigator was taken aback, and he couldn't make a calm and calm expression anymore, and the Song people realized their intentions? He sent a detour to the sea and landed from the flank, asking for a surprise, not to say that he wanted to take Chuzhou City with the 5,000 cavalry, but hoped to intercept at least most of the Song soldiers who went out of the city to clear the obstacles for the siege behind, otherwise with the 20,000 people in the city, how much price would he have to pay to take it?

"Blow the trumpets and let them storm!"

It's too late to judge the authenticity, so he instigates the opportunity to make a decision, even if he pays his son's life, he has to fight again, at least the Song general on the opposite side has not retreated, and the loss of the boss of a city is also a very useful result.

"It's late."

Liu Xingzu on Gao Ju's horse showed a sarcastic smile, the three armies that left first had already entered the city from the three city gates, and behind him, the Pingsai crossbowmen who had fired six rounds retreated to the west of the city in an orderly manner, and only needed to reach the vicinity of the city gate, and the long-range attack on the city wall could provide sufficient cover.

"Taishou." Yu Wenguang's urging sounded again, he put away the clairvoyant mirror in his hand, and finally nodded towards this cronie.

When the boat of the hundred slaves rushed to the opposite bank first, he could no longer raise the interest of grabbing the first merit of crossing the river, because the sight was already empty, with a trace of luck, without waiting for the boat to stop, he jumped off the waist-deep Huaishui, and when he struggled to land, he just saw a huge flag being held high on the suspension bridge of Chuzhou City, and the word "Liu" on it was so dazzling.

Almost at the same time, the sound of rumbling horses' hooves sounded in the distance, and one after another Mongolian cavalry appeared from the dust and smoke in the sky, not only the people on horseback, but even the horses under the crotch were gasping for breath, as if they would fall to the ground in the next moment, and behind each cavalry there was only an empty rope, and the eyes of the thousand households with five thousand horses and red troops were almost exactly the same as those of the hundred slaves, they were only one step late, just one step.