Lingnan, from the Qin and Han dynasties to the Tang and Song dynasties, is the same geographical division, but large-scale development is actually until the Song people crossed to the south, the Southern Song Dynasty can be said to be a miracle, it is less than half of the land and one-third of the population of the Northern Song Dynasty, creating a record of more than its largest year, the prosperity of commerce is certainly one aspect, and the development of southern China is also a side that cannot be ignored. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

From west to east, Guangxi Road is the most remote area in Lingnan, across the Yuecheng Ridge is the Quan, Yong and other places under the rule of Jinghu South Road, as the Jingjiang Mansion where the road is located, it can be said that it occupies the most elite area of more than 20 state capitals in the whole road, from the original border area to the south slowly, becoming the political and economic center of the southwest region, countless Song people set out from here, carrying simple farm tools, step by step towards the wild land of mountains and forests, with their own hands to turn them into fertile fields for cultivation, Competing with nature for a place to survive is a portrayal of this era.

Like many famous cities in the Great Song Dynasty, Jingjiang Mansion City was also built between mountains and rivers, with Dongjiang River, Yangjiang River and other rivers as natural barriers, with the Guizhou City built by Li Jing in the early Tang Dynasty when he was on his southern expedition as the center, after hundreds of years of efforts by more than a dozen pacification envoys, this has formed the current scale, a fortified city with a circumference of nearly ten miles.

At dawn, the suspension bridge erected on the Yangjiang River, which had been pulled up by thick iron chains, was slowly lowered, and the people waiting by the river immediately cheered up and lined up in order, the farmers carrying the burdens, the pawns pushing the carts, the women with their children and daughters, and the merchants who rushed back from other places, all looked forward to watching the big iron frame set up on the riverbank.

"Poof." With a bang, the iron hammer at the front of the suspension bridge was deeply rooted in the soil, and a strong force lifted the dirt, forming a huge amount of dust.

In this short space, a group of messengers dressed in soap coats, horned hats, and holding long sticks rushed out of the smoke and dust, and in the consternation of the people, quickly blocked the passage at the head of the bridge, and shouted loudly while maintaining order.

"The city gate is closed today, and it is not allowed to pass, everyone enters the city by other roads, everyone please go elsewhere, don't block here."

They are all villagers, and they will naturally not be too tough to speak, but the undoubted points are also quite obvious, many of the people who have been waiting here since dark are reluctant, and they also know that there is no other way, they all shake their heads, and follow the Yangjiang River to disperse on both sides, so that they have to walk a few more miles of wrongful road, where is the mood good, there is no need to say that there is no need to say that the belly slander.

"Lao Chen, there is such a big battle, there are angels coming?" A man who looked like a merchant recognized one of the poor men and asked next to him.

"Zhang Daguan, are you here to fight the north, I don't know what happened? I heard that Ma Du said that they had won the battle and were about to return in triumph. The person he asked obviously didn't have a sense of secrecy, or maybe he had a good relationship, so he whispered to him.

"So very good, so very good, you don't know, the north is not very peaceful, I heard that the Tartars are interested in going south, people everywhere are panicking, business is not good, you are busy, so-and-so is gone, I will invite you to eat and drink another day."

The merchant sang a promise, waved his hand with the messengers who knew him, and followed the crowd, and in a short time the people who had been on this side dissipated and gave way to the official road to the south. When the messengers saw this, they did not stand in the way of the drawbridge, but divided into two teams and stood on each side, until this time the city gate behind them "banged", and was pushed to both sides, and pressed against the dome of the round arch.

Immediately afterwards, the sound of rumbling hooves came from the city, and a team of hundreds of horsemen galloped through the streets at a not very fast speed, and when they stepped onto the drawbridge, the procession was deliberately elongated, and the long bridge still drooped, and the huge iron frame shook with the rise and fall of the horses' hooves, as if it would collapse at any moment.

The poor people who stood on both sides with sticks watched these cavalry rumble with awe-inspiring eyes, who didn't know that today's Jingjiang Mansion, the man who was in charge was the man who was attached to the back of the iron tower, when crossing the bridge, his eyes swept over these poor people at will, and no one dared to look at him, those eyes were bland, and he saw through the blandness of life and death, and the rest of his life on the battlefield, and inadvertently revealed a killing intent, which made people shudder.

On the city tower, a group of civil officials looked at the situation below and whispered, some of them had come to the capital city a few days ago, and the later ones were also the ones who entered the city a few days ago, without exception, they were all the state guards of the road, and there were very few people in scarlet robes, most of them were just green clothes.

"Yu Fujun, where did our new commander come from?"

An old man in a green robe retracted his gaze, arched his hand to a person on the side, and asked with some confusion.

"I heard that Qiu Taishou of Qingyuan Mansion led the troops to Yongzhou, isn't it true or false?" Yu Yinglong didn't seem to hear his question, and even his eyes wandered around the cavalry intentionally or unintentionally, but when it fell on the big man who was the leader, he stayed for a moment longer.

"Indeed, when he left, he sent someone to ask, but he never thought that not only did the soldiers and horses in the house go out, but even he himself went to Yongzhou in person, and there was only a general judgment left in the house, and the news should be true."

"That's weird, this time the commander summoned me to wait, why didn't he come?"

Yu Yinglong turned his head and looked at his colleagues standing on the city tower, there are a total of twenty-two state capitals on Guangxi Road, and there are more than ten people from the various governors who have been summoned. Although it is not the busy season for farming, and the affairs of various places are not very busy, such a gathering is certainly unusual.

Before they left, the good news from Yongzhou had been sent to the states, since the war was over, it was to go to such great lengths, is it to celebrate? As soon as Yu Yinglong thought of the information of that Lu Chen, he dismissed this possibility from the bottom of his heart.

"Maybe it's not necessarily by the side of the commander." The old man pondered his words for a moment, and replied with some uncertainty.

"Perhaps." Yu Yinglong didn't expect him to be able to answer, but the conversation changed and turned into the previous question: "Our commander, I'm afraid that he is a temperamental, he is only thirty years old, he is already in a high position, he is married to the daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and he suddenly has a big victory, you and I have to be careful." ”

The old man was confused, looking at him and not like a lie, between Luchen and the state capital, there has always been nothing to do with it, and he can't think of what to be careful about? Yu Yinglong knew that they didn't believe it, and he didn't want to explain anything, because there was already movement under the city tower, and at the end of the official road in the distance, there was a lot of dust, and he didn't need to think about it to know that the main owner had arrived.

"Is this Jingjiang Mansion?"

Liu Yu rode on the horse and muttered to himself, Shi'an City in later generations is a tourist city, famous for "mountains and rivers in the world", according to geography, his feet are typical "karst landforms", the limestone all over the whole area has been weathered and eroded for hundreds of millions of years, forming a unique landscape of thousands of peaks ringing, a water hugging the city, and the beauty of the cave stones.

Since it is a landscape, there are naturally mountains and rivers, dozens of large and small rivers in the territory, the most famous nature is the Li River, but this time and space has not yet appeared this name, with Jingjiang Fucheng as the boundary, the upstream is the big and small Rong River, the downstream is Guishui, his seat of Jingjiang Fuzhi is located in Lingui County, it stands on a plain at the confluence of three rivers.

"It is precisely that the last time this city was built in the eighth year of Xianchun, and it has been added for 13 years after the four terms of the past to have such a scale. Maybe it's not as good as Jiankang's kind of capital, put it in the southwest, it's not Ma's boasting, it's undoubtedly the first strong city. ”

Ma Ji, who was walking with him, didn't know why his exclamation came, thinking that it was the first time he saw it, and he felt something, and explained a few words to him on the side.

"Jiankang City is indeed taller, but it is not in the city but in the people, if there was no Wang Taifu and others at that time, it would have been dedicated to the Tartars by the defenders long ago, Ma Duguan, I believe you can hold it, but whether to keep it or not, it is not up to you and me to have the final say." His words had some deep meaning, and Ma Ji pondered carefully, and he was a little distracted for a while.

This time, he specially waited for the arrival of the foot soldiers in the vicinity, and then came to the Fucheng together, basically without delaying the trip, after all, it was a team of as many as 20,000 people, and it was impossible to run as fast as Jiang Cai's cavalry, and before that, Jingjiang Mansion had already fallen into Jiang Cai's grasp, and according to his instructions, he held the gates of the city and controlled the main roads in the mansion, in order to let the people feel the atmosphere of war in advance.

Fortunately, the news of the victory had spread throughout the states, and everyone knew of his existence, which gave a good start to the future plans.

At the front of this huge team is naturally his Luchen honor guard, accompanied by the generals of the states who have been relieved of military power, with the end of the war in Yongzhou, these people were brought to Jingjiang Mansion, no one knows how to deal with them in the end, but it seems that Liu Yu does not seem to have the intention of letting them go.

Among this large number of generals, Zhao Mengsong may be the only scribe, strange to say, only a little more than a month has passed, he has actually adapted to this kind of military career, although he is busy every day, almost not a moment of leisure, but it is an extremely fulfilling experience, unconsciously, he has regarded himself as the other party's subordinate, completely forgetting the little resentment in his heart.

"Zhao Gongzi."

"The subordinates are here." was suddenly called, Zhao Mengsong subconsciously responded, Liu Yu was slightly stunned, and waved his hand.

"You were forcibly brought in by your own officer, you are not a subordinate, and now that the war is over, I don't know what to do?" When Liu Yu said this, he reacted.

"What are you going to do?"

"Are you going back to Qiongzhou?" Seeing that he was a little confused, Liu Yu simply pointed it out directly.

"This ......" Zhao Mengsong suddenly realized that he was not here to be a clerk, and there was still a lot of wealth on that island, but when he thought of the previous deeds, he was a little uneasy, and he didn't know what Liu Yu meant by saying these words.

"That's it, this official will show you the way, go back to Beijing directly, help me bring a letter to your father, the court is going to use troops now, no matter what the final result is, money is indispensable, with money can you afford to fight, how to fight you for so many days, you should be a little conscious, tell your father what you think, this is not in vain for you to run thousands of miles away."

As soon as Liu Yu's words came out, Zhao Mengsong knew that he had no choice, he was not worried about what the other party would do with that wealth, after all, there was the entire elite class of the Great Song Dynasty standing behind him, I believe that no one would be stupid enough to go against them, maybe as the other party said, it would be a better way to go back.

"Jiang has just arrived, let's go."

As for whether Zhao Mengsong would obey, Liu Yu had no interest, and when he saw the cavalry in the city coming to greet him, he greeted behind him, and quickened his pace with his own guard of honor, the tall city wall of Jingjiang Mansion was getting closer and closer, and this was his territory.