The coastline of the two Huai lines is very long, Chuzhou, Gaoyoujun, Taizhou, and Tongzhou are all the way down, the length is nearly more than 500 li, these coastlines are not exposed to the original state, but are blocked by a complete embankment, in order to prevent the invasion of the tide. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

This huge man-made project, called "Hanhai Weir", has disappeared in the long river of history with the continuous expansion of the coastline in later generations, and only left its record in the history books. It was built in the Tang Dynasty, and was built in the Song Dynasty, and the famous minister Fan Zhongyan personally supervised the construction of this coastal defense project, which was still the life embankment to protect the Huaidong coastline in the first year of Deyou.

In November in Taizhou, the autumn tide has receded, and the sea water gently swells under a gray dam, which seems unusually docile, but only those who live by the sea know how terrible it is when it becomes ferocious, and at that time, the little human beings have no choice but to tremble and pray to God.

At this moment, Li Tingzhi, who is walking back and forth on this embankment, is the governor of the political affairs, the Privy Council, the Yangtze River, and the Jianghuai ambassador are in this state of mind, his brows are tightly locked, and he has become an obvious 'Sichuan' character, and his eyes look in the direction of overseas from time to time, and there except for the occasional seabirds flying up is the foaming sea.

"Subordinate Sun Liangchen see the marshal." A man who looked like a military commander rode in from outside, and after leaving his men and horses to the commander's own soldiers on the periphery, he trotted all the way up and saluted respectfully.

"Have you all assembled?" Li Tingzhi turned his back to look at him and asked unceremoniously.

"It's already been opened, the six commanders, the soldiers are all in uniform, the commander's order, how dare his subordinates disobey it." Zhitaizhou Sun Liangchen's face was flushed with a trace of bitterness, and the posture of his holding hand did not change at all, Li Tingzhi looked at him deeply, and then turned his head away and stopped care, making the latter stunned.

Of course, the number of local garrisons in Taizhou can't be hidden from his direct superior, on the surface, it seems that the other party has no disobedience, and three thousand soldiers and horses are not small in other state capitals, but this is Huaidong! Strictly speaking, the entire Lianghuai region belongs to the border area, whether it borders on the enemy or not, so the garrison is far more than Neizhou, after he issued the order to prepare for the border, the first thing for each state is to expand the army, 3,000 people are afraid that not even half of them, and they must be new soldiers.

At this moment, the look of vigilance on Li Tingzhi's face is very rare, and the reason is even more indescribable, because it was specially ordered by a famous magic stick...... Taizhou is not credible, it turned out that he thought that this was Sun Liangchen himself, because he was the brother of Sun Huchen, the former handsome man who was dismissed and demoted to Qionghai, but now that I think about it, it doesn't seem to be true, does this Taizhou refer to its upper and lower cadres?

You can't blame him for being too careful, Liu Shenzhu's skills have repeatedly made people fall through the eyeballs, the most famous example is Zhu Huan, who was recently appointed by the Yuan people as the deputy envoy of Huaidong Road and the governor of Sizhou, this person was in his language as early as when he was in Jiankang, and the two had clearly not met at that time, this incident made Li Tingzhi still regret it now, because he was on a Sizhou city, even if the population in it was not large, it was also the people of the Great Song Dynasty.

Now it's Taizhou's turn, he has to be cautious again and again, at present, this person is quite obedient, can't find anything wrong, but the more like that, the more he has palpitations, Taizhou is only separated from Chuzhou, which is surrounded by Tartars, but a Gaoyou army, if the enemy is desperate to fight, and this Sun Liangchen is indeed unreliable, then his old nest Yangzhou is dangerous, for a while his face is cloudy, so that the other party is even more uneasy, the impression of the handsome has never been so hesitant, is it ......

"Don't hide it from the commander, his subordinates left two thousand people in the city, just in case, the commander also knows that the people evacuated from the front have more than 10,000 people who have flowed into the state city alone, no matter how the subordinates maintain, large and small conflicts will occur every day, if there is no military force in hand, if you don't wait for the Tartars to fight, you will already be in chaos." Sun Liangchen's tone was very earnest, and he was even more meticulous on the surface.

Li Tingzhi was silent, he knew that what the other party said was the truth, the border clearance order in Chuzhou and Zhaoxinjun was very strong, from the county seat to the township, such a large flow of people could only be dispersed to the states to digest, with the further deepening of the Tartars, the Gaoyou Army and other places on the second line also began to be implemented, as the third line of Taizhou is the first to bear the brunt, so to speak, leaving two thousand people is credible, he himself came all the way from the state city, the order along the way is quite stable, all of this has nothing to do with this person.

So what does Liu Yu's warning mean? Do you have to wait until the Tartars call to reveal it, but if that's the case, even if it turns out to be true, there is no point anymore, and the most critical point, take him down, who will be the Taizhou guard? His manpower is no longer enough, and the court can't count on it, all of which are problems.

Seeing that the big man still didn't speak, Sun Liangchen's heart was cold, this is no longer a matter of dissatisfaction, is he considering dealing with it? That's it, he had to speak again: "My subordinates will go back ......"

"After you return to the state capital, pay attention to evacuate the people you accepted before to the surrounding areas as much as possible, persuade them more, and then go back, Tongzhou or even Liangzhe, vacate the place, and prepare more fully." Li Tingzhi didn't wait for him to finish speaking, and interrupted with words, which made him happy and surprised when he heard it.

Naturally, I am happy that my position is safe, but what I am surprised is why do I want the people to go back? Could it be that the front can no longer be defended, if even Taizhou is not reliable, then wouldn't the neighboring Yangzhou be exposed to the Tartars' soldiers, he suddenly felt a cold sweat on his back, and he didn't know if he was scared out or ...... Scared out.

"There have been traces of Tartar scouts in the territory of the Gaoyou army, for safety reasons, all the people in Gaoyou must withdraw to the rear, not only you here, Yangzhou is the same, explain the truth to the people clearly, this is for their good, the further back the more safe, especially the women and children and the old and weak."

Li Tingzhi's tone was a little sad, the biggest victims of the war are ordinary people, whether they leave or stay, the damage is inevitable, the homeland is ruined and the livelihood is nowhere to go, I don't know how long to stay in a strange place, anyone is uneasy, for the local government, resettlement has become a very troublesome thing, that means they have to fight for the interests of the locals, so some things are easy to say, but difficult to do, I don't know what the initiator will do?

Sun Liangchen walked away with doubts and puzzlement, looking at his back, Li Tingzhi's eyes were a little complicated, I don't know if his decision was right, of course, he is not coming to Chuzhou now to solve an uncertain factor, but there is something much more important than this.

"Xianggong, here." A soldier with a clairvoyant mirror shouted back, and he quickly turned around, facing the direction of the sea, until the shadow of the sail appeared in sight.

The area was far from the mouth of the Huai Shui, so the water was quite clear, and a wave of spray slowly came from the surface of the sea and spread out on the embankment at his feet. Then the second wave came again, this time the wave was a little higher, still hit by the cornerstone and disappeared into the air, until the wave after wave formed a tide, the calm sea was like a pot, the embankment was filled with the 'crackling' sound of the sea hitting the rocks, and the air was full of fog, like a precursor to the future of the tide.

Li Tingzhi's lonely figure stood still, even if his sideburns and eyebrows were covered with water droplets, what made him fascinated was those sea ships that looked like hills, the only armed force that could still give people confidence under the powerful offensive of the Yuan people, the number of thousands of Haisi naval fleet.

There were no piers in this area, and even the beaches were submerged in the waves, so the big ships had to anchor near the coast and be brought to land by small boats, but fortunately the distance was not too far, and it would be a real trouble to go back and forth, otherwise it would be a real trouble, because they did not stop here to shelter from the wind, but to resupply.

"Hurry up and prepare, the brethren of the navy are almost here."

Li Tingzhi did not come empty-handed, behind him was a huge transport team, thousands of vehicles carrying the necessary supplies of this fleet, the most was food, as for fresh water, there were several live water that went directly to the canal nearby, but they needed to pick it up by themselves.

Under his orders, countless people drove the cart to the embankment, and when the boats on the sea came over, they unloaded the food on the cart, and the entire coast became lively at once, and even Li Tingzhi himself was smiling, of course, this joy was not entirely due to seeing his own navy, but based on one person.

"Be careful." There was only one person standing on a small boat, and when he leaned on the embankment, Li Tingzhi actually stepped forward to personally help the person down, the white-haired Ye Mengding did not refuse his kindness, and stepped onto the embankment with his arm, and the two looked at each other for a long time, and they were a little speechless.

"Xiangfu, your body is ......" In the end, Ye Mengding opened his mouth first, he is a person who pays attention to health preservation, otherwise it would be impossible to live for so long, as soon as he saw the appearance of the other party, he knew that it was caused by overwork.

"Shao Bao is still boating on the sea at such an advanced age, how dare a certain junior slack off."

Li Tingzhi didn't expect him to come in person, originally thought that it was a certain commander or subordinate, the matter had been negotiated when Hu San Province went to Jiankang last time, and Ye Mengding didn't need to make a trip, but now it seems that the other party, like himself, is worried about this war, and he can't stay out of it at all.

The two actually don't have much friendship, Li Tingzhi has been in office all the year round, and the two sides can't even face each other, what really connects them is the god stick brother who refuses to stay in Huaidong, the two of them don't know if they thought of this at the same time, they both smiled slightly.

"Liu Ziqing went to Guangxi, so that the old man's plan fell through, the court is full of disputes, and he still has to do something when he goes to the place, not to mention that it is not peaceful there, and it is more reassuring to have him in charge than others, but in this way, I am afraid that the proposal to move the capital will be shelved."

"Oh, Shaobao has already written a letter to propose to move the capital?" Li Tingzhi heard this matter for the first time, because the seal was not issued for discussion, of course he couldn't inquire about it, as for whether Liu Yu went to Guangxi or Guangdong, there was no difference in his heart, it was a serious waste of resources.

Ye Mengding nodded with a heavy heart, the other party can make a fuss about Liu Yu's whereabouts, and naturally he will not let himself get his wish, but in this case, the situation will become urgent, the Yuanren offensive is flourishing, but there is no movement on the most important battlefield, this kind of weirdness not only makes them, the generals on the front line, worried, but also paralyzes the hearts of the princes in the political hall, and when the day the matter comes, there will be no time.

Therefore, he finally decided to cooperate with Li Tingzhi, and there was some anger in it, of course, it was more out of public interest, the Yuan people's naval offensive had appeared, and he didn't want this war to happen in the sea near Jingshi, so such a choice was a two-pence choice, and he could help the other party if he achieved his wishes.

"How's the war going on between the two Huai?" It would be useless to say anything more about what was a foregone conclusion, and Ye Mengding turned to ask about the current situation.

"It's bad." Li Tingzhi's face was also not light: "Here in Huaidong, Chuzhou has been besieged for nearly half a month, and the offensive of the Tartars in the Zhaoxin Army is small, and the threat is not big at present, and Huaixi ......"

He sighed and continued: "The entire territory of the Anfeng Army has fallen, Gwangju has lost contact, and Haozhou is held back by the Tartars like the Zhaoxin Army. Before coming here, I got the news that the Tatar army had invaded the territory of Luzhou, Shucheng County had been lost, and the county seat of Hefei was besieged, and I don't know how long it could last. ”

"In such a situation, you still want to insist on Huaidong?" Ye Mengding was taken aback, according to what he said, Huaixi was almost about to be lost, and if it really got to that point, what was the point of this battle.

"This is Ziqing's proposal, he said......" Li Tingzhi was a little embarrassed: "He said that Luzhou City can be guaranteed for more than three months. ”

Ye Mengding was speechless for a moment, this good son-in-law of his has always been chattering, nothing else, can this kind of military affairs be so easy to guarantee the vote? The key thing is that the other party actually uses this as the basis for decision-making, who is crazier in the end?

"You believe it too?"

"I have to believe it."

Li Tingzhi also asked him about the basis of his judgment at the beginning, and the other party had a bad face, and only after seeing the good performance in the past, he couldn't help but not punch him.

As soon as he said this, Ye Mengding suddenly understood his thoughts, anyway, there must always be a choice, since it is difficult to make a decision, it is better to simply grasp a straw, it is better to be deceived than to deceive himself, he couldn't help but sigh, in fact, why is this not the case, this is not a fortune telling?

"Where are the Tartars' sailors at the moment?" The war on land had little to do with him, and Ye Mengding knew what his goal was.

"Cruising around the mouth of the Chuzhou River, it is said that they also have to transport heavy grain and grass for their army, and they have not taken care of this side for the time being."

Li Tingzhi not only knew their movements, but also knew the opponent's troops, as many as 3,000 large ships, no matter how you estimated, although the party was prosperous, the number was much smaller, he didn't know much about naval battles, and he didn't dare to question anything too much, but worry was clearly written on his face.

"As the saying goes, 'do your best, and then die', not everything is the same on land and sea, your pressure is far greater than that of the old man, so don't worry about it anymore." Ye Mengding's eyes were so bright, he knew what he was worried about at a glance.

"Don't protect what you want ......"

A mediocre sentence made Li Tingzhi lose color all of a sudden, he thought that Ye Mengding wanted to come to Qianqian to supervise the battle in person, but he didn't expect that he planned to face the arrow, the sea is no better than the land, once the boat is capsized, in this weather, it is almost a dead word.

"Never." Staring at the other party's calm eyes, Li Tingzhi almost wanted to grab the other party's hand excitedly: "Shao Bao is the pillar of the country, once it is lost, this battle is undefeated and defeated, and if you don't hit the Tartar army, you can't ...... it."

"Li Xiangfu!" Ye Mengding interrupted him sharply: "This battle is not fought for you, the Tartar army is so numerous, it is not just to transport grain and grass, if they don't break it, they will go straight to the Beijing Division, when the people are panicked, the court is shaken, and the Great Song Dynasty will have no chance." ”

"Even so, Shao Bao please move to Yangzhou with a certain person, the Huaidong armies are gathered here, the war is handed over to others, any changes occur, there is a microphone to help, Shao Bao can still strategize, it has no impact on the war situation, and please think twice." Li Tingzhi was not afraid, and was still trying to persuade him.

"Your kindness, the old man understands." Seeing that he told him sincerely, Ye Mengding slowed down his expression: "You are right, the old man is not familiar with war, and he may not be able to turn things around if he goes, and he may become a burden, but the commander of the first army does not dare to face the enemy directly, even if the soldiers have very combat power, I am afraid that they will have to be discounted, and the old man does not want their bloody place to become another Ding Jiazhou." ”

Facing this gray-haired old man, Li Tingzhi couldn't say anything, he knew that he couldn't persuade him, and he understood even more that the other party had already sprouted a will to die, and his mood suddenly became extremely heavy, because he took the initiative to plan all this.

"Don't worry, even if you lose the enemy in the end, all the officers and soldiers of our sea division will definitely cripple them, and you don't have to think about the Tartar army, just concentrate on dealing with the army on land."

Ye Mengding's comforting words did not change his state of mind, Da Song can't afford to lose a battle now, even if it is a draw, it can't turn the tide of the battle, this point, the two sides of the big people are well aware, so they have to press all their weights, just to get back a little bit of disadvantage.

Everywhere they looked, the ant-like crowd flowed endlessly, relying on the most primitive tools, delivering supplies for the entire fleet, in order to achieve the goal, Li Tingzhi mobilized almost all the servants in Taizhou, here is the best situation in Huaidong, let alone elsewhere, the huge gap in strength is like an insurmountable gap between the two armies, Li Tingzhi can't even imagine what this situation will become without the previous efforts? Maybe it's really the old man's saying, 'Do your best, and then die'.

The supply of more than 1,200 warships will last for two to three days, both of them are entangled in mundane matters, so take the time to meet just to communicate more smoothly, after agreeing on the communication method, Ye Mengding immediately got off the boat and returned to his own boat, Li Tingzhi stood after he left, and he was about to return to his station, this farewell, I don't know if there is a chance to meet again, before walking down the embankment, he looked at the back that had gone away.

"Phew!"

Before he could get on the horse, a group of knights galloped in, and the man in front of him had a solemn face, which made his heart rise at once.

"The Tartars are approaching Gaoyou County, and at most they will be surrounded tomorrow." Li Shiyi reined in the horse, but the person did not jump down, and said with a hand at him.

"How many came?"

"There are no less than 20,000 riders, led by a hundred slaves who instigate the son of the capital."

Finally moved, Li Tingzhi was not surprised when he heard it, Tartar is this a temptation or has another deep meaning and does not say, as long as the division of troops will have flaws, he did not hesitate to turn over and get on the horse, and galloped in the other direction with the horseman, Yangzhou!