Ten steps away from the west gate of Jiankang City, there was a low wall of sheep and horses, about six feet high, and outside the wall was the moat, and the wall was already full of soldiers defending the city. Liu Yu stood on top of the city tower, listening to the chatter and laughter of the sergeants in the wind, but it was yesterday's storytelling.

His gaze was over the moat, the ground beyond it had been bulldozed, and beneath the flat surface was full of traps. With the excavator as a sharp weapon, the next shovel is a big pit, the pit has been inserted with sharp bamboo sticks, Liu Yu took people to work for a whole day, and finally he forgot where there was a trap and where it was safe.

After the city tower, on the towering mast, the big flag of the word "Song" flutters in the wind, Liu Yu's own handsome flag is slightly lower, on both sides of the city, the commander of the army Yu Hou and other officers will put the flag in a row, standing like a forest.

There is a bed crossbow every dozen paces along the wide horse road on the city wall, and a double-tip catapult is placed on each enemy platform more than a hundred paces away. On the high arrow tower at the corner of the city, several sergeants looked around with binoculars.

The crossbowman behind the female wall took the arrows from the front of the team and carefully arranged them and put them in the quiver. In addition to the arrows, each person also received a box of windproof matches, and under the advice of their respective teams, they put the matchbox close to their arms. The swordsmen were carefully wiping their weapons or chatting with their scythes.

Inside the city gates, from time to time, there were groups of young people, carrying or carrying various items such as rolling logs, rings, and barrels of fire oil. On another street, a stretcher team of middle-aged and elderly people wearing red armbands practiced various movements repeatedly under the guidance of the errand officer.

Looking at these scenes, Liu Yu was still searching hard, worried that there would be any omissions, the order for the arrows had been placed, the production of catapults was in full swing, the radish and cabbage were still transported every few days, and boxes of white medicine and bandages from Yunnan Province were piled up in the backyard of his own yamen.

"Yu Taishou, Li Shiyi sent a message that the Tartar army has taken the cavalry as the lead, and the whole army has turned around Niushou Mountain and is heading in the direction of Jiankang." Suddenly, a sergeant's voice interrupted his thoughts.

"Tell them to be careful, and save their lives as the first priority." Li Shiyi and the others went out of the city yesterday, and everyone brought two charged walkie-talkies, Liu Yu did not approve of it, but he couldn't resist their insistence, so he could only ask them to use the mountains as a cover to avoid the search of the Tartar scouts.

After speaking, Liu Yu walked down the city tower and headed towards the horse tie place, and the golden pheasant slave followed closely with his own soldiers. Since the military discussion, the military uniform Lori has resumed her previous personal guard work, and has faintly become the leader of this group of guards.

Liu Yu and his entourage rode a horse along the city wall and walked slowly, all the way was full of war preparations, when passing by Longguang Gate, he specially called Liu Shiyong, the goal of this trip is the main gate of Jiankang City, the south gate guarded by Jin Ming with troops.

"How?" Walking up to the city tower, the three of them said hello briefly, and Liu Yu asked. Jin Ming shook his head, Liu Yu took out a cigarette and handed it to the two of them, and the three of them smoked silently, all waiting quietly.

"Huh? What is that. Liu Shiyong suddenly pointed to the distance and shouted. Liu Yu and Jin Ming both turned their heads to look in the direction he was pointing, only to see a dazzling golden light appear in the sky, which was slowly moving.

The two of them held up the binoculars hanging on their chests at the same time, and what appeared in the mirror was the flag, countless flags. And that golden light is the light reflected by countless weapons in the sun, which has turned into a golden piece in the lens.

Then a thunderous roar came from afar, which was the sound of tens of thousands of horses' hooves beating on the ground like a giant drum. Liu Yu put down the binoculars in his hand and looked around, some of the guards had changed color a little, obviously remembering the scene when they were chased and killed by the Tartars.

With the rumbling sound, the cavalry of the brigade came quickly, and in a short time, on the edge of the trench beyond the moat, a black oppression was gathered, tens of thousands of people raised their swords and shouted some incomprehensible slogans, and the guards stared downward, their blades tightly clenched in their hands.

"Is the bed crossbow accessible?" Liu Yu asked in a low voice, Jin Ming and Liu Shiyong both shook their heads, the Tartar was very smart, standing four hundred steps away, and the largest three-bowed and eight-ox crossbow on the head of the city had a range of only three hundred steps, as for the double-tip catapult, it was only more than one hundred steps, and it was not as far as the bed crossbow.

After the three Mongolian teams of 10,000 people outside the city, the handsome Boyan was riding on a tall horse and shaking his head gently, and what he saw along the way made him find that this opponent was very unusual. Not to mention people, not even a single livestock was left for him, just now he made a new discovery, the nearby mountains were actually cut bare, where is it still like the beautiful Jiangnan.

The strong wall is clear, the clear field is completely strong, when did those Southern barbarians who advocate Confucianism learn to be so pragmatic. If every city was like this, he could only return to the court with the army, and this scene suddenly reminded him of the small mountain city that killed the former Great Khan Meng Ge.

Thinking of this, Boyan suddenly regretted a little, when Xu Maoweng and others sent a letter, they should have rushed through the whole army regardless of one thing and directly took Jiankang City. Looking at the banner of ten thousand households not far away, how could he choose such an inflexible guy as the pioneer in the first place, the entire team of 10,000 people, even less than 30,000 Song people who had been frightened could not be dragged down.

"Do you know the boss of the city?" Boyan looked back at the horse and asked a few Song generals behind him. Governor of Jinghu, Lu Wenhuan, and Jiangzhou Shoulu Shikui on the side, Chen Yi, the governor of the Yangtze River, glanced at each other, and Chen Yi said hesitantly.

"Prime Minister, that person is called Wang Lixin, who was originally the envoy of the Song people's Jinghu system, but later offended Jia Nidao and was idle at home. He has only risen this year, and now he is serving as a Jianghuai envoy in this city, and the lower officials have worked with him for many years. ”

"How old is this person and what is his ability?" Boyan turned his head and urged the horse to move forward slowly, and Chen Yi hurriedly followed.

"About seventy years old, when he was an official in Jinghu before, he was known to be famous, but he had a straightforward personality, and he was on the table, and he kept the Jiang's policy, which angered Jia Rudao." Chen Yi recalled in his mind and said carefully.

"Oh, what is it, do you remember?" When Boyan heard about it, he became interested, Chen Yi remembered that Wang Lixin was demoted very well, and he also set up a wine to celebrate it, so Wang Lixin's three strategies for guarding the river are also very familiar.

After listening to Chen Yi's detailed description, Boyan was silent, and what others said plus what he saw in front of him. He already felt that this person was quite difficult to deal with. This Jiankang City is not ordinary, the solid Cheng dù may be more than the Xiangyang City of the year, but the geographical location is better than Xiangyang, backed by the two Huai, facing the river, it is not easy to besiege the city.

Unconsciously, the Chinese army led by Boyan had already converged with the front cavalry army led by General Zhaoyi in front and tens of thousands of households of the Mongol Han army. 100,000 troops in the south gate of Jiankang City out of a phalanx, from the head of the city, is a black oppressive human head, boundless banners waving, as if can cover the sun in the sky.