Huaishui is between the Yangtze River and the Yellow River, and the Yangtze River, the Yellow River, and Jishui are called the four defilements, and is one of the four great rivers that flow into the sea alone.

Huaishui flows eastward, along the river to the northeast into the sea section, along the river on both sides of the river for dozens of miles, all are simple thatched huts, which are full of buckets of soil cement, lime, bamboo baskets, ropes and other tools. Next to the grass hut to the shore, stacks of green bricks stretch for miles, which is magnificent.

From the point of view of a section of the embankment that has been built, it is built in a very special way, and the direction of the river flow is at an angle of about 40 degrees, when the river water hits the embankment, the embankment will divert the flood water into the river again, which not only avoids the impact of the flood on the embankment, but also ensures that the flood will not rise.

This was suggested by an official surnamed Hu who was in charge of the Caoyun Chuanze canal weir and water conservancy project under the Xuanfu Division, who was originally a supervisor of the capital water supervisor of the Great Song Dynasty. Xuanfu Si built a shipyard and built a river embankment, and his design was appreciated by Wang Song, and he was also transferred to the Lianshui Army to preside over this major project.

At this time, it was just dark, and the people who built the river embankment were eating. On the construction site, there were all officers of the embankment project and sergeants on patrol.

Compared with the thirty or forty miles of embankment that has not yet been completed, the huge dock has been built. The huge shipyard next to the dockyard, and the huge cement factory full of coal, iron, and timber, looked daunting.

Coal naturally came from Lianghe, steel components and nails came from Xuzhou Liguojian, and timber was purchased by sea from Fujian Road.

It was this huge Lianshui military shipyard that only made pointed-bottom sea boats, while the flat-bottomed warships on the inland rivers were built at the Yellow River shipyard outside the Daimyofu.

As for the head of the shipyard, Liu Hai, the head of the Liu family from Quanzhou, served as the director.

"Han Shizhong is the commander of the army, Wang Qi is the commander of the navy, a total of 500 sailor ships, baggage, grain and grass, 20,000 Jiangnan sailors, 30,000 foot cavalry, 50,000 troops, and ...... to the day."

In just one day, the information of Yuezhou was transmitted to the Lianshui Army and placed on the table of Zhang Heng, who was inspecting the Lianshui Army Shipyard in Chuzhou.

Huaishui flows eastward, turns to the northeast after reaching Beishen Town, Chuzhou, and enters the sea in Lianshui Army. Du Chong was assassinated by the loyal and righteous army, failed to break the Yellow River, the Yellow River did not take Huai, Huaishui did not have Hongze Lake, the main stream channel is also wider and deeper, and there is no embankment along Huai.

The loyal army captured Xuzhou, the naval division was stationed, and the water surface of the canal south of Huaishui was fully developed. However, in order to ensure the safety of the sea outlet, it is necessary to station troops at the sea outlet of the Lianshui Army in Chuzhou. After all, Xuzhou is also four or five hundred miles away from the Lianshui Army.

With 5,000 soldiers and firearms, plus the sailors patrolling back and forth across the water, I am afraid it will not be easy to get hold without tens of thousands of male soldiers.

Zhang Heng looked at the information and was stunned for a long time, then he raised his head and looked at the old peasant-like man in front of him, his eyes were cold.

"Where did the information come from"

"Back to the capital, it's from Jiangnan."

The man was respectful, and there was no expression on his loyal and honest face.

Zhang Heng was secretly surprised. These guys, pretending to be pigs and eating tigers, are shrewd and capable, and none of them are not leaders in the army.

I don't know how Wang Song discovered these talents.

"Dutong, this is Jiangnan's secret letter."

The sergeant pushed the door in and handed over the information, exactly the same as Yuezhou.

The two pieces of information arrived almost at the same time, which shows the professionalism and prudence of the intelligence personnel, and it can also be seen that the matter in Yuezhou is indeed of great importance.

"Deng Heiface, what do you think"

Zhang Heng handed the information to Deng Shixiong on the side. The latter, with Deng Wu, was building a river embankment and a dock for the Lianshui Army to repair and build sea ships, and sea ships would go to sea from here.

The canals in the land of the north of the river can only carry ships below 300 stones, although the Yellow River can carry ships of thousands of stones, but the north flow of the Yellow River, in the Bohai Sea into the sea, is surrounded by the control of the pseudo-Qi and Jurchens, at this time, it seems not very practical.

It is based on the Huaishui estuary, which seems to be a more suitable existence. The barracks are stationed to protect the safety of the shipyard.

"Zhang Heng, don't ask me. I also want to ask you, is it rare for the big officials to put you here as a spectator? ”

Deng Shixiong's words made Zhang Heng nod heavily.

Only then did he understand why Wang Song sent him to garrison Xuzhou and control the sea outlet. In addition to military needs, I am afraid it is also because he is a descendant, and Wang Song can rest assured that he does things.

Just like this shipyard, sending Deng Shixiong instead of others is also a matter of great importance and will not let others take risks.

"What does Jinghu mean?"

shouldn't ask, Zhang Heng never asked. Wang Song had mentioned to him about the intelligence offices in various places, but he never got to the bottom of it.

"Back to the capital, because of the great stakes in Jinghu, the Song soldiers were overwhelming, so they wanted to ask for more firearms to deal with this crisis."

Zhang Heng nodded, and his gaze turned to Deng Shixiong.

"The Lianshui Army still has 20,000 earth-shattering thunders, 200 artillery pieces, and plenty of gunpowder for shells, but they are all small cannons."

The old brother for many years, Deng Shixiong spit out everything Zhang Heng wanted to know.

"Load the ship immediately, set off overnight, and early tomorrow morning, be sure to transport all to Yuezhou!"

Zhang Heng was categorical, and Deng Shixiong was startled.

"Zhang Heng, it's all gone, what about the defense of the Lianshui Army, the pseudo-Qi Shui Division in Haizhou, is only three hundred miles away from here. When the time comes, something will go wrong, but the lives of thousands of brothers and tens of thousands of people are at stake!"

"Give him the courage to see if he dares to come and say it, won't the loyal army fight except for firearms?"

There was some disdain in Zhang Heng's eyes. Pseudo-Qi those sailors, he doesn't pay attention to them. In addition to the foot soldiers, the loyal army also had thousands of sailors, and the firearms on the ships were not vegetarian.

"Escort overnight and send things to Yuezhou as soon as possible!"

Zhang Heng made a categorical decision. There are some things that Wang Song is inconvenient or unwilling to do, so he has to decide for him.

Dongting Lake, east of Yuezhou City, Song Army camp.

In the camp of the Chinese army, Han Shizhong sat in the tent, his face was pale, as if he was about to seep water.

After attacking for several days, the imperial navy was defeated, and even the chief general of the navy, Wang Qi, was unfortunately killed.

"These thieves are really shameless!"

There were generals below, and they finally said it softly, which made Han Shizhong's face even more ugly.

In order to open up and down the river, 50,000 troops of the imperial court came to conquest, and a large number of ships from Jiangsu and Zhejiang were also transferred to the waters of Dongting Lake, and the infantry cavalry was the elite forbidden army of the imperial court. I thought I could open the gap, but who knew that I was hit on the head.

Three days ago, the naval division commanded the imperial court naval division commanded by Wang Yu to march into Dongting Lake, and on the day of the battle, they occupied five or six water villages, annihilating thousands of rebels on the other side, which can be described as brilliant results. The rebel warships withdrew to the west of Dongting Lake, and the officers intercepted several rebel warships, while the rebels in the stockade fled.

Thinking that the rebels were panicked and a large number of rebels fled, the imperial court sailors advanced from the East Dongting Lake area on the second day and entered the West Dongting Lake, where the rebels were entrenched, preparing to annihilate them in one fell swoop.

Unexpectedly, Yang Qibu took the initiative to abandon the East Lake of Dongting Lake and lured the imperial court warships to go deep into the West Lake, and Yang Qibu was buried in the south of Dongting Lake as early as possible.

The two sides entered a great battle, and the rebels' tall building ships had a huge impact and were indestructible, sinking the small boats that transported the baggage and foot soldiers of the imperial navy. The sea ships of the imperial court were inflexible because they were inconvenient to rotate, and the rebels' buildings were condescending, with sharp artillery and earth-shattering thunder. In just a short period of time, the unprepared Song army ship was destroyed and suffered heavy losses.

After a big battle, tens of thousands of sailors were captured and killed, and the remaining defeated troops were intercepted and killed by the other side, abandoned the ship and fled ashore. There were less than 10 warships that escaped from Dongting Lake, and only three or four thousand sailors and soldiers escaped.

Wang Qi, the commander of the imperial court sailor, was hit by the artillery of Yang Qi's department and died on the spot, leaving not even a whole corpse.

Of the 500 warships, less than 10 remained, 20,000 soldiers, and only three or four thousand remained, a complete defeat. After he Han Shizhong went back, how did he explain to the court and the king

"Han Dutong, the rebels have sharp firearms, our army is caught off guard, the big ship is not easy to turn, and the soldiers have been killed and wounded. The rebels are strong, and in my opinion, it is better to withdraw. ”

Zhang Fa, the superintendent of the water division, shook his head and sighed on the side, obviously, the fiasco of the water division and the fierceness of the rebels made him feel palpitations.

"Commander Wang's envoys are all dead, Zhang Jianjun, why did you come back and be unharmed?"

Han Shizhong's fierce general Hu Yantong was as fierce as fire, pointed at Zhang Fa, and scolded loudly.

"General Huyan, what do you mean by the thieves, the 20,000 officers and soldiers have suffered heavy casualties, and they can't be the enemy yet, how can this prison army not leave in time, I'm afraid that the remaining three or four thousand sailors and soldiers will also turn into fish and turtles."

Hu Yantong saw that Zhang Fa was soft, so he lowered his head and was no longer embarrassed by the other party.

Han Shizhong's eyes were shining, he looked at Zhang Fa, slapped the table suddenly, and scolded loudly.

"Zhang Fa, as the supervising army of the Sailor Division, you fled without a fight, causing countless casualties to the Sailor Army. Even now, you are still here to talk about the withdrawal of troops, which is really an unforgivable sin!"

Zhang Fa's face turned pale, and he said in a trembling voice: "Han ...... Dutong, you are ...... What does it mean that the sailor is defeated, this is the fierceness of the thief army, how can it be blamed on this prison army? ”

The soldiers in the camp all looked at Han Shizhong, and the responsibility for the defeat did not seem to be blamed on a mere prison army. I don't know why Han Shizhong was so angry and directly blamed Zhang Fa?

"Zhang Fa, as a prison soldier, you withdrew the troops without permission, and your sin is unforgivable. Left and right, pull this thief down, correct military law, and set an example!"

Han Shizhong roared loudly. The soldier next to him was still hesitating, and Hu Yantong's eyes were also wide-eyed.

"Han Shizhong, what are you going to do? You are indiscriminate, indiscriminately applying military law, and the prison army will not accept it, and the prison army will go to Your Majesty to sue you!"

"Don't take down this thief quickly, with military justice! Do you want to disobey? ”

Han Shizhong shouted angrily, and the sergeant next to him was frightened, and hurriedly stepped forward, knocked over Zhang Fa, and dragged him out of the account.

"Han Shizhong, you declare personal vendettas, villain behavior, Lao Tzu is not convinced! What are you going to do? Ah......h

The sergeant soon returned, carrying a bloody human head in his hand.

"Dutong, Zhang Fa has been disposed of!"

Han Shizhong nodded slightly, waved his hand, and the sergeant took the head and withdrew from the tent.

Hu Yantong felt chills in his heart. Zhang Fa had reprimanded Han Shizhong in public before, but he didn't expect to be a scapegoat today.

The generals in the tent were all terrified. Han Shizhong killed the killer, this is to be powerful in the army. In this way, they will have to fight for their lives on the battlefield.

"Although the sailor has been defeated, we still have an army of 30,000 cavalry. Surround Dongting Lake for me to see where they find food! I immediately reported to the imperial court and transferred sailors and warships from Jiangning. I don't believe it, I can't defeat these traitors!"

The generals nodded their heads in agreement. Han Shizhong was just about to arrange it, when the sergeant hurriedly came in from outside and knelt down on one knee.

"Dutong, the big thing is not good, the rebels have attacked the shore and are fighting our army outside Yuezhou City!"

The sergeant's face was anxious, and Han Shizhong was shocked and immediately stood up.

"Come out with me and have a look!"