Hongjue Temple on Niushou Mountain was built in the early years of Liu Song during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and was destroyed in the war many times. Most of the buildings in this period were repaired by Li Yu, the first lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and when Li Yu was the later master, it was renamed Hongjue Temple, which has lasted for more than 300 years.

The temple, which was originally empty, was filled with soldiers with swords in their hands, and they rushed into the main halls in groups, searching carefully. Before the Daxiong Treasure Hall full of pines and cypresses, Boyan looked around with interest with his hands behind his back, except for his own soldiers, he didn't bring many people here.

"Tell the marshal, the temple has been searched, and it has not been found, and the layout in the viewing room should have been gone for several days." The leader of the pro-soldiers did not dare to slack off, and personally led people to check several times before coming to reply.

Boyan nodded, waved his hand and motioned for him to take people out, the Mongols worship Buddha, if it weren't for the enemy territory, there would have been no need to make such a big move. The leader waved his hand, and all the sergeants retreated like a tide, but he himself followed Boyan towards the main hall.

In the main hall, the statue of Shakyamuni is sitting on its knees, and the Buddha seal in his hand overlooks all beings. Next to it, on the left and on the right, there are the Medicine Master Liuli Light Buddha of the Eastern Pure Glass World and the Amitabha Buddha of the Western Elysium, and the two compartments are the statues of the Eighteen Arhats with their own postures.

Boyan waved away everyone, and one person entered with his head held high, staring left and right for a long time, and finally came to worship with his palms together. Walking out of the main hall, the city in the distance above the steps was already in sight like a chessboard, and Boyan stared at the prey of his trip, silent.

"Let's go, you go down the mountain first, blow the horn, and discuss the big tent." After a few moments, he stepped down the stairs and commanded without looking back.

In today's Jiankang City, under the tall wooden pillars along the streets, the people of Hedgehog gathered did not hear the familiar female voice. As soon as the morning dawn passed, the dull drum beat began to sound, and the people looked at each other and felt a little unusual.

"The handsome division gathers the generals, and when the drums are heard, the handsome divisions gather the generals, and when they hear the drums, they go." Between the drums, the thick man's voice echoed loudly, spreading in all directions along the radio lines throughout the city.

When Jin Ming rode a horse to the Yamen of the Division, the entire street had been blocked by the heavily armed forbidden army, and there were still dozens of steps away from the palace gate, and a sergeant stepped forward to stop and asked to dismount.

When I walked to the gate of the house, I saw Jiang Cai coming towards each other, although the two did not intersect, they also knew each other. Nodding to each other at the moment, Jin Ming arrived first, and then took the lead in stepping into the courtyard door, untied the waist card and handed it to the door officer, although the door official recognized him, but also carefully checked the rear sign up and sang.

"The commander of the forbidden army Guangjie Army, and the state regiment training envoy Jin Ming arrived."

"The deputy capital of Tongzhou, the seventh general in the southeast, Jiang Cai."

"Jiankang is sentenced, and Yuan Hong, the head of the township soldiers, has arrived."

"The Hengjiang army is under control, and the martial arts doctor Liu Shiyong is here."

With the roll call of the door officials, the commanders and commanders of the various armies in Jiankang City, the Marquis of Duyu, the chief and deputy preparation generals and other officers, arrived from the garrison one after another. The large festival hall in the yamen of the system secretary was suddenly crowded with people wearing helmets and armor, and everyone stood in a phalanx in the hall according to the size of their duties.

In the middle of the lobby, there is a picture of a tiger descending the mountain, and there is a large handsome case under the picture, Liu Yu's identity today is the chief manager of the marshal mansion, because it is a military discussion, he has to wear heavy armor. The only civil official in the entire hall dressed as a writing machine as a secretary on the side, Yiwen Wang Lin.

As the drum sounded of the three links, Wang Lixin, the ambassador of Jianghuai Recruitment, walked out of the back hall in full uniform and stood still in front of the handsome case. Liu Yu and all the officers in the hall clasped their fists and saluted, saying "See the marshal", and the sound of iron blades colliding suddenly sounded in the hall.

"Let's check the charm." Wang Lixin waved his hand, and a personal soldier walked to the hall with a wooden box, opened the box in front of everyone, took out two halves of the tiger talisman, and sentenced Yuan Hong to be out of the ranks, and put the two halves of the tiger into one, holding it high.

"The talisman has been verified, please give the order." Yuan Hong put the tiger talisman back into the wooden box, and said to the hall with his fists clenched.

"This marshal is ordered to supervise the Jianghuai and control all roads, prefectures, states, and armies. The Tartar army is close to Jiankang, and the gathering of generals today is to discuss this matter. Zhibao Zhangge, where is Liu Yu, the head of Jiankang Mansion? Wang Lixin's voice was majestic and powerful, and he was already like the sick old man.

"Xiaguan Liu Yu listens to the order." Hearing that he was called, Liu Yu flashed out from the side, hugged his fists and said.

"I order you to explain in detail the current situation and the various matters concerning the defense of the city, and there will be no mistakes." Liu Yu got the order, so he asked the soldiers to summon the entourage outside the hall, and lifted a large wooden plate up, Liu Yu lifted the cover, and a lifelike Jiankang City and the surrounding terrain appeared in front of everyone in three dimensions.

This is the sand table that Liu Yu asked Yu Zhongming to make, the ground is made of colored cement, the rivers and lakes are made of corrugated plexiglass, and the city walls and buildings are wooden models.

"Everyone, please see, according to the reports from the scouts and spies, the Tartar army has entered Banqiao Town, and it is here." Liu Yu held a telescopic metal whip in his hand and pointed to the place marked as Banqiao Town in the sand table.

The sand table has existed in China since ancient times, and the earliest can be traced back to the period of Emperor Guangwu, when Ma Yuan, the general of Fubo, once used grain and rice as the medium to build a large topographic map for Liu Xiu. Therefore, although everyone was a little surprised, they were just amazed at the fineness of the workmanship.

"According to the report, the total number of the three armies of the Tartars is not less than 100,000, of which the cavalry should be about 30,000." As he spoke, Liu Yu picked up three green horseback riding figures and placed them on the position of Banqiao.

"There are more than 50,000 infantry troops, including about 30,000 new annexed troops and more than 20,000 old Han troops. There were 10,000 to 20,000 people in various units of the navy and more than 800 to 1,000 warships. With Liu Yu's narration, the vicinity of Banqiao has been densely arranged, and everyone is watching, and their mouths are all saying yes.

"This is the strength of the Tartar army, and then look at our army, in Jiankang City, there are about 30,000 forbidden troops, more than 5,000 township soldiers and volunteers, and more than 13,000 new recruits." Liu Yu placed four red soldiers on the city gates on all sides.

"The art of war, ten sieges, the Tartars are insufficient, and a strong attack is the next policy, only to cut off my passage to make a long-term siege. If you force me out of the city to fight, that's even better. Therefore, we only need to hold on to the city gate, and we can drag the Tartar army under the city of Jiankang, and wait for the imperial reinforcements to arrive, which can be effective. ”

According to historical records, Boyan besieged Changzhou and used 200,000 troops and horses, which is much larger than Changzhou City, and this 100,000 can only be regarded as an advance at present. Liu Yu hoped that Boyan could transfer the Ali Hague Division, which was originally attacking Jinghu, and use this fortified city to make the Tartars break a few teeth.

"After listening to what Liu Yu said, you all have to talk about it, how about this discussion?" Wang Lixin said loudly.

"What Taishou said is certainly reasonable, but what will happen if the Tartars block my Jiankang garrison with one part, and the other goes south to eastern Zhejiang?" Jiang Cai pointed at Dusongguan and said.

"Jiankang Mansion is not an isolated city, its potential cuts off the river, overlooking the two rivers. The back of the Tartar army is under our threat, and if Boyan dares to do so, we will go out of the city to fight him. Besides, now in the entire Jiankang Mansion, he can't find a grain of rice, tens of thousands of troops, how to march? ”

Liu Yu's judgment is based on the fact that Dusongguan did not surrender but fought a bloody battle in history, and the terrain there was far more dangerous than Jiankang, and he really didn't believe that Boyan would be so risky.

To deal with this kind of invasion of a strong enemy, it is the best way to stretch their supply lines in the clear field of the strong wall, if it is according to Liu Yu's idea, give them all those empty cities, and forcibly drive the population to the coast, no matter how strong the Tartars are, it is in vain, and the experience of the Russians has fully proved this.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Jiankang is not only the center of the southeast, but also the barrier of the capital division. Now that it is spring, seedlings have just been planted in the fields, and last year's grain has already been handed over from all over the country, so it is not feasible to cut off the grain from the enemy. Yuan Hong also shook his head and said.

"I don't know how long I can hold it, when the imperial court reinforcements will arrive, if it comes late, I'm afraid the army will be unstable." An officer opened his mouth and said, which immediately caused discussion, and it is no wonder that Xiangyang was defended for six years, and finally fell, and how many rescues were organized by the imperial court, but the effect was not ideal.

"What will happen to the court, it is beyond our ability to speculate, the old man is ready to throw this old bone here. If you are not confident enough and want to go, you might as well say it now, and if you think about it again when the war starts, then you should not blame the ruthlessness of military law. ”

Hearing Wang Lixin's words, everyone immediately quieted down, and Liu Yu still stood in the middle with a calm expression, looking at the changing expressions on the faces of the others. Reinforcements, those are all pretexts, at most, Li Tingzhi across the river can barely be regarded as such, as for the imperial court, he is still not willing to take care of himself, where can he still count on it.

"Next, the lower officials will announce the city defense arrangements, Jin Ming, the south gate will be guarded by your department and the forbidden army with a total of 7,000 people, and it will be handed over from now on, and there must be no mistakes." Liu Yu looked at Jin Ming and said slowly, Jin Mingda claimed that it was and took the order.

"Jiang Cai, the East Gate and the Shangshui Gate are guarded by a total of 7,000 people under your command, and your cavalry is not allowed to participate in the defense of the city, do you hear clearly?" Jiang Cai replied in a deep voice and stood solemnly.

"Yuan Tongju, the north gate will be handed over to you, and all the more than 5,000 township soldiers will be under your command." The north gate is located in the innermost, and there is a mountain on the left, and the possibility of a Tatar attack is the least, so Liu Yu is arranging a village soldier here.

"Liu Shiyong, the Longguang Gate and the Xiashui Gate in the west will be guarded by you, and you will also lead 6,000 forbidden troops." The remaining west gate is facing the river bank, and Liu Yu guessed that it should be the direction of the Boyan camp, and he will personally garrison this city gate.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the war is coming, and we will wait for the king's fortune and be loyal to the king. I hope that you will do your best to protect my Jiankang army and people, until every soldier is killed. ”

With Wang Lixin's concluding remarks, the war planes began to turn, the forbidden troops of each ministry took over the city gates they were guarding, and the people also smelled a trace of gunpowder from the ranks hurrying through the streets.