Chapter 30: Lu Gang (Part 2)
Zhidu Mountain is located in Jiankang City half a mile away, the mountain is more than 130 feet high, the south is connected with the river bank, the other three sides are surrounded by the river, the terrain is very dangerous. There is a rock on the mountain, and if the swallow spreads its wings and wants to fly in the distance, it is named "swallow rock".
Isoxia ferry, the river crosses, and the waves crash on the shore. On the huge dock, there are only a few wooden boats. The group was coming down from the embankment, and the white-haired old man in the lead was Wang Lixin, the ambassador of Jianghuai, and the green-robed civil official behind him was Wang Lin.
"Big brother, when you go to Huaidong, you must ask Li Zhishuai to go out and stay in Guabu, so that the Yuan people will have scruples and can't wantonly surround me to build health." Wang Lixin looked at his eldest son and asked worriedly. Li Zhishuai is Li Tingzhi, the ambassador of the Lianghuai system, because of the word "big", Wang Lixin, who nominally supervises the two Huai, cannot order him in a written way.
"Father, please rest assured, my son must say that he must lead the troops to help. It's just that Huaixi Xia still wants to go? Wang Lin's worries are not about his mission, but about his father's body.
"No need, Xia Gui is a stubborn person, who has heavy soldiers and ignores the court, and now he is even older and confused, and it is useless to go. Huaidong is in trouble, so follow Li Shuai's army. Facing the river breeze, Wang Lixin felt a little coughing in his throat.
"It's windy by the river, father, please go back, son." Wang Lin shook his father solemnly, turned around and got on the boat, several entourages also followed closely, pulled up the pedals, the boatman propped up the boat, and the light boat gradually went away from the shore.
Looking at the shadow of the ship that gradually turned into a small black dot and finally disappeared. Wang Lixin put down his raised right hand, tightened the cloak on his body, and walked to the horse place on the river embankment surrounded by a group of guards. Sitting upright and looking at the upper reaches of the river, which was the direction of the battle, Wang Lixin sighed, pulled off the reins, turned the horse's head, and galloped towards Jiankang City.
In the upper reaches of the river, on the river from Tu County to Wuhu County, there is a huge fleet of ships at this moment, headed by thousands of large ships, with three thick masts on the extremely long hull. The stiff-cloth sails, which were dozens of feet wide, had been fully unfurled, blown into the shape of a crescent moon by the strong wind, and the ropes with the thickness of the thumb were stretched straight, and the sound of fierceness was incessant.
Liu Yu stood on the bow of the boat with his head held high, and the long shirt on his body was blown by the wind, and he felt like a fairy. When it was cool, someone patted him on the shoulder, "Brother Yu, the river wind has been blowing for a long time, and I will have a headache tomorrow and I won't be able to get out of bed." Hearing the sound coming, he didn't have to look back, he also knew that it was the golden pheasant slave's follower.
Sighing and reluctantly putting away his pretend, Liu Yu turned around and got into the cabin, his warehouse was quite large, and the girl behind him followed in, and she didn't feel crowded.
"Sister Pheasant, you're almost at the end of your life, and you still don't know anything like this, as a woman, are you acting like this?" Regarding his little wife and sister wanting to develop in the direction of female men, Liu Yu is against it in his heart.
"Brother Yu, but I asked my grandfather to follow you, since I was a child, I haven't worn women's clothes, do you mean my sister like that?" The golden pheasant's big eyes were covered by a big iron helmet, and she was a military uniform Lori alive.
"Let's go back, I'll buy a few women's clothes with you, our pheasant slave must be a beautiful little lady." Liu Yu tried his best to tempt that in his heart, the battlefield should not be a place for women to stay. Looking at the incompatible forbidden army iron armor on the little girl in front of him, he really couldn't figure out how she could put on such heavy equipment and tired of holding it.
"Hmph, it's rare, I just like this outfit, so I don't want to be like such frivolous women." The little girl pursed her lips, not at all fooled.
"Go yourself, I'm sleepy, sleep for a while, and wake me up when you get to the ground." Seeing that the plan didn't work, Liu Yu didn't want to say more, so he waved her hand and sent her out. The little girl let out a "oh" and jumped out of the warehouse, and the iron leaves on her body were rattled.
Not far from the upstream of Lugang in Wuhu County, a Song Army-style fast boat is speeding on the river, and the bow of the ship is sitting on the deck, the original bright mountain armor is full of black and red gray stains, the face is full of dust, the beard and hair are curled, and the helmet has long been unknown. His expression was sluggish, and he had words in his mouth.
"A sin of so-and-so, a sin of so-and-so." This person was Sun Huchen, the commander of the infantry army who commanded the 70,000 Song troops in the front, and he fled all the way, and he didn't even dare to play the handsome flag. Thinking of the resentful gazes of the soldiers under his command, Sun Huchen trembled, and tears oozed from his cloudy eyes.
The rear army of the Wuhu battalion, the scouts in front of Tongguò in Husan Province had already learned of the rout of the army and commanded to abscond. I can't help but secretly admire Liu Yu, this person actually expected this result half a month ago, and made arrangements for this.
"At the right time, news came from the camp that the former military Sun commanded Shan Zhou to escape, and he just entered the port and was heading to the Taishi." Hu San Province arranged some eyes and ears at the front camp to monitor the movements of the camp at any time.
came so quickly, Hu Sanxing secretly speculated that since Sun Huchen had fled back, the defeated army would not be far away, and Liu Yu's fleet didn't know where it was, so it was better not to delay.
"It's opportune, the Taishi's boat is moving, look at it, it's turned around, it seems to be going downstream." Not long after, another person came to tell him that Hu Sansheng stood on a high ground and looked at the huge building ship from a distance, and it was really moving slowly, Jia Rudao said that he was going to run away.
"Quickly connect with your Liu Jiyi, inform him of the situation here, and ask him to hurry up." Hu San gave orders without looking back, and a sergeant took the order and turned away.
"Jiyi, the navy is also moving, they want to run!" The sailors stationed in the harbor are all under the control of Xia Gui, the commander of the navy, since they are all moving, it means that Xia Gui is also going to run.
Hu Sanxing was so angry that his beard was trembling, thinking that it was one thing, and seeing it with his own eyes was another, the Yuan people were still hundreds of miles away, and they didn't even smell the wind, and these people were about to flee. Unconsciously, the high ground where Hu San Province was located was already full of people, and when he looked back, he saw that they were all officers of the commanders of the rear army.
"The master has fled, the sailor has also left, what happened ahead, has the army been defeated?" An officer dressed as a commander spoke up.
"What should I do with the rear army, Hu Jiyi, you are the head of the rear road, but you have to have a charter." The face of the speaker was full of sorrow.
"I also discussed a bird, the Taishi has run away, we are all infantry soldiers, but it is not as convenient as the water division, and if you don't go quickly, the Yuan people will come up." This man is an impatient and can't hold it anymore.
"It is true, go back to the camp and take the brothers to withdraw, I am afraid that it will be too late." Suddenly, everyone was making noise, and they were about to get out of control, Hu Sanxing was so anxious that he jumped to his feet, but he was a literati, and his voice was small, and his words were all covered by the big voices of these soldiers.
"It's all loud, listening to the noise of Er, it's really polluting the root of a certain ear, Ji Yi is a civil official, he is standing here in a good manner, you just want to run, is it impossible to bully the army?" I saw a big man, holding a knife in one hand and his iron helmet in the other, slapping with the knife surface, and everyone suddenly fell silent.
Hu Sansheng glanced at him gratefully, stood up, and was about to speak, but his throat seemed to be blocked, and he made a sound for a long time, but he couldn't hear half a sound, and it turned out that he was dumb in a hurry just now.
"The commander of Shicai said it very well, you Hu Jiyi is a two-list jinshi, and you know everyone, how noble your identity is, he didn't say anything about leaving, what are you anxious about?" Suddenly, a loud sound erupted, and everyone felt their eardrums shake, like a snare drum.
Hu Sanxing looked back and saw that it was Liu Yu, who he had been looking forward to for a long time, who had arrived. Liu Yu, who had just come off the boat, was dressed in a brand-new scarlet robe, with long wings and hats, soap-colored leather boots, and a green horn in his hand, and the golden pheasant slave followed him with a big bow on his back. That's right, this is the new technology he brought to the table, the handheld megaphone.
The scarlet robe represents more than five grades, which can already be called a high-ranking official in the Song Dynasty, this outfit is worn by Wang Lixin Jianyi, and the official sponsor of his right to know the Jiankang Mansion, the watch seal of the Zhibao Zhangge has been sent out in an urgent manner for six hundred miles. Sure enough, as soon as he appeared, the group of soldiers was suppressed and watched him walk up to a high place.
Patting Hu Sanxing's shoulder comfortingly, Liu Yu picked up the megaphone, his eyes swept over the group of officers around him, and stayed on everyone for a moment. Several of the officers who had fled did not dare to look at him, and they all lowered their heads. More people looked at him, wondering what he was going to say.
"A certain name is Liu Yu, Liu Ziqing, who is currently serving as Jiyi under the curtain of Jianghuai to recruit Ambassador Wang, and has just learned about Jiankang Mansion not long ago, and like you Hu Jiyi, he is a powerless civil official. Everyone, you can ask Hu Jiyi, I knew about this defeat half a month ago, and now, the army is really defeated, and I don't stay in Jiankang City, why did I come to this dangerous place? ”
Liu Yu stopped and waited for a while, the amount of information in his words was too large, and everyone needed time to digest it, and the officers all looked at Hu Sanxing, and Hu Sansheng nodded affirmatively.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the former army was indeed defeated, and just yesterday, in order to find out the news, two brothers under a certain subordinate lost their lives in the enemy's territory, and until they died, they did not betray their colleagues. The two of them, like you, are forbidden soldiers from Lin'an Mansion, and they were asked to come here. If they don't stay in Lin'an Mansion, why did they come here to give their lives? ”
"Ah, why, what is the matter with the enemy in battle? What does it matter if you live or die? Liu Yu's voice was amplified, and the sound shook all over the world, and when he heard his words, many ordinary forbidden officers and soldiers also came over, forming a big circle with him as the center.
"Brothers in the forbidden army, I don't want you to sell your life, and you don't need to fight with the Yuan people. Look around you, do you see, those things that are piled up as high as a mountain, Liu is here to beg you to wait, Hugh to let these military funds, these ointment of my Great Song Dynasty people fall into the hands of the Tartars, and then let the Tartars use them to kill my Great Song people! At the end of the shout, Liu Yu was already hoarse.
After listening to Liu Yu's words, the crowd below began to talk about each other. A commander asked in a loud voice: "This Liu Taishou, how are we going to carry these things, do we have a backrest, and how can we walk fast?" Everyone nodded and looked at Liu Yu.
"Listen to me, I came this time with more than 5,000 empty boats, and you have a total of more than 20,000 people. In this way, every five people carry military funds on a boat, and when the boat is full, five people will be carried and go downstream, but they can arrive in Jiankang in two days, so let's see how about it? "This is Liu Yu's plan, he needs these people to help him move supplies and escort ships.
"If you have a ship, what are you waiting for, you should leave early after moving early, brothers, go with so-and-so." A sergeant under his command who was in charge of the commander loudly was the one who had spoken for Hu Sanxing before.
"Don't worry, the dock is empty, you can dock multiple ships at a time, everyone according to the order of each army, there is no need to argue." Liu Yu was afraid that they would fight for the order in order for themselves to go first, and if there was a fight, it would be inefficient.
With the assistance of Hu Sanxing and others, the commanders of each army and each team demarcated their own scopes, and together with the people recruited by Liu Yu from Taiping Prefecture, the total number of people exceeded 28,000. The megaphone that Liu Yu brought was distributed among several conductors to make it easier for them to act.
After a while, the whole Lugang was full of people, and the lively scene was like a construction site in later generations. After the voices of several conductors were amplified, they could be heard from a long distance, and Liu Yu motioned for Hu Sanxing to rest in the tent, and he took the golden pheasant slave to the dock.
On the wharf of Lu Port, more than a dozen teams corresponded to more than ten ships docked, and filled the empty ships with various materials in an orderly manner. It won't be long before a ship will leave the shore, and the sergeants on board will shout excitedly, which will stimulate the efficiency of the handling even more.
Liu Yu stood aside, gossiping with the commander of the capital, whose name was "Liu Shiyong", and he happened to be from Liu Yu's own family. The two of you say a word, as if they are old friends.
"Jiyi, Jiyi, where is Liu Jiyi!" Suddenly, a voice came suddenly, Liu Yu listened carefully, it was looking for himself, he was busy saying goodbye to Liu Shiyong, and followed the voice to find it. As soon as I got out of the dock, I saw several sergeants stumbling towards them with dust and dirty clothes that could no longer be seen.
"Jiyi, I almost won't see Jiyi later!" The sergeant led by Liu Yu was held by Liu Yu and cried loudly, several of them were the spies sent by Liu Yu to the Song army camp in Dingjiazhou.
"It's okay, come sit down and talk slowly." Liu Yu's nose was also sour, but fortunately, there was no danger, and most of them came back safely.
"It's a good time, I only heard the shouts in the formation before, 'Bu Shuai has fled', I will wait for the eyes to be bad, and leave before the army is defeated." The sergeant sat down, took a moment's composure, and then spoke.
"According to your estimates, how long will it take for the army to come here?" As soon as the rout arrived, the Yuan people were not far away, and Liu Yu didn't know how much time he had left.
"Half an hour." The sergeant thought for a moment and said uncertainly. For half an hour, that is, an hour at most, there were still a lot of materials in the port, especially food, which had hardly started to be moved, and Liu Yu's heart sank suddenly.