With the increase in clashes and confrontations between the two armies, the sky over Qiongzhou has become cloudy. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 After entering December, the emperor issued an edict ordering the inhabitants along the strait to move thirty miles to the island, and the empress dowager and the officials and family members of Zhongshu Province, Shangshu Province and officials who had nothing to do with the war moved to Yazhou, accompanied by Wen Tianxiang, the right minister, and Liu Huang, the governor of the council. On the 4th, the little emperor led the officials who stayed in Qiongzhou to send the queen mother to board the ship at the wharf outside the city, and then announced that all prefectures and counties in Qiongzhou would implement a curfew, and merchants would stay at the post station or port on the spot, and they would not leave without permission.

At the same time, Zhao Yu ordered the forbidden army in front of the palace to move to Jiyang Army and Wan'an Prefecture to strengthen the defense of the east of the island and serve as a reserve in the direction of Haikoupu; The left army and the front army were stationed in the coastal forts of Changhua and Chengmai, and together with the Chinese army and the rear army, they defended the northwest direction of Qiongzhou; Mobilize the right army to garrison Fucheng, responsible for blocking the Nandu River to prevent the enemy from going up the river, and at the same time cooperate with the imperial front guard to be responsible for the city defense of Fucheng.

In addition, the edict ordered the Chengmai naval army to move to the sea off Changhua, and only a small group of rocket ships and ballista boats was left in the camp to support the defensive infantry operations, and the vacated water village still had to be planted with flags, which made people look like the navy had not yet left; The Haikou Navy moved to the Destroyer Army Water Camp and retained a mobile fleet to cruise the sea; The Ministry of Labor and the Ministry of Household allocated weapons, money and grain to enrich the treasury of Qiongzhou; The baggage army and the village warriors under the military department are ready to transport supplies and support the front line.

Since the edict was issued, the evacuation of the idle people in the city has been completed in two days, and the most lively places in the city are in addition to Buddhist temples and Taoist temples, where candles are not extinguished day and night, and the sound of chanting and praying is continuous. Then there are the yamen everywhere, and all the officials and servants who stayed behind were ordered to be on duty day and night, and they were all in the yamen. Of course, the busiest is Miyagi, even at night, the lights are bright, and people in and out of the palace are constantly coming and going.

"Your Majesty, rest for a while!" Wang De entered the inner hall and found the little emperor crooked on the couch, still holding chopsticks in his hand and falling asleep, he called His Majesty twice but did not move. Looking at the food on a few more than half of the left, the official documents in the newspapers of the various armies and ministries have been processed, and they are neatly arranged in different categories, waiting to be sent to the Zhongshu Province, the Military Aircraft Department, and the Privy Council.

"Take these down, warm them over the fire, and let the dining room make some snacks and prepare them!" Wang De instructed the attendant Xiao Huangmen to remove the low table on the couch and said.

"Su Xin, how did you take care of it, just let the official family sleep like this, if you are sick, you can afford it?" Wang De laid the little emperor flat, covered the quilt again, and twisted his face to reprimand the frangipani who was on duty.

"Official, the official family stays up late every day, and I'm very sleepy, so I took a nap." Frangipani replied very aggrieved.

"Do you know that the official family is related to the survival of Qiongzhou, if you are sick at this moment, you will not be able to redeem your death!" Wang De had no pity for the jade, and scared her with a straight face.

"Official, I don't dare anymore!" Su Xin didn't dare to argue anymore, and lowered her head.

"Let's all work hard these days, serve Your Majesty well, and everything will be fine when we repel the Tartars!" Wang De also slowed down and said, of course he knew that it was not only them who were busy, but the people in the entire palace city were also revolving around His Majesty, and the hardest one was of course Your Majesty.

"Daguan, Frangipani will be on duty by me tonight, and you will also rest for the night. It's still a long time, otherwise everyone will be exhausted. At this time, Su Lan took over and said.

"Sister Su, you guarded the official family all night last night, how can you withstand it." Frangipani shook her hand.

"I'm fine, I also took a nap when Your Majesty was asleep." Su Lan said humbly.

"Well, Miss Su will be on duty tonight, I don't have to worry about her doing things, except for the rotation of the shift!" Wang De thought about it and said, he knew that once the war ahead was urgent, His Majesty would definitely come in person, and at that time, everyone would not have to rest.

Everyone dispersed, and Su Lan went in to see that His Majesty was sleeping soundly, and tucked the quilt for him. He crept to tidy up the house, put out the pen and inkstone, laid out the paper, replaced the candles on the lampstand, put the scattered books back in place, added new charcoal to the tea stove, and then moved an embroidery pier and sat down at His Majesty's feet. She looked at the sleeping little emperor lovingly, if it weren't for being by his side every day, it would be hard to believe that this child was supporting the crisis alone, working day and night for the revival of the Great Song Dynasty. And as the situation became more and more tense, he rarely rested, he did not leave his official documents during meals, his sleep was unstable, and his dreams did not leave the war.

"Master Zheng!" Suddenly hearing a question outside the door, Su Lan hurriedly greeted him, so as not to disturb His Majesty, and saw that it was Zheng Huchen who stepped forward to salute.

"Miss Su, is Your Majesty here?" Since Zheng Huchen pleaded for him last time, he was very polite when he met again, and asked with his arched hand.

"Master Zheng, Your Majesty has just fallen asleep, if there is no urgency, just wait in the outer hall!" Su Lan said very politely.

"Miss Su, this matter is indeed urgent, otherwise I wouldn't have entered the palace to see me at this moment, please ask the girl to give me a message!" Zheng Huchen hesitated and said.

"Alas, then please wait a while and have a cup of tea first." Su Lan sighed secretly and saluted, and asked the little yellow door on duty to serve tea to Zheng Huchen. Of course, she knows the rules of the little emperor, and she is always ready to face urgent ministers on weekdays, not to mention that the current war is urgent, if she doesn't report him, she will lose her temper.

"Okay, bother the girl!" Zheng Huchen returned the salute.

Zheng Huchen had just received two urgent reports, and he knew that His Majesty was still anxious about when the enemy army would attack and how the enemy army would carry it out. But His Majesty fell asleep again, and he knew that it was out of place, but if His Majesty knew that he was delayed, he would be uneasy. Fortunately, it didn't take long, and before the cup of tea was finished, it was passed to him.

"Your Majesty, there's the latest information coming back!" After seeing the ceremony, Zheng Huchen said bluntly.

"Speak quickly!" Zhao Hao was sleeping in a daze, but after being called up, he just simply freshened up, he rubbed his eyes and said.

"Your Majesty, according to the information from Leizhou, Chen Yi, the enemy naval army, suggested to Ali The Hague that we should launch an attack on Qiongzhou at the right time from the 7th to the 12th of this month, hoping to take advantage of the rising tide to rush to the beachhead. Ali Hague and Oluchi have agreed to make an appointment with the Guangzhou side to cooperate in the operation. Zheng Huchen said.

"Well, it's a foregone conclusion that Leizhou will use troops against us all the way, will they cooperate with each other to let the instigators transfer our naval army, and they will take advantage of the weakness to enter?" This result was not a surprise to Zhao Hao, but this information determined the approximate time of the enemy's attack, which should be said to be very valuable.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Zheng Huchen replied, "But another piece of information from Guangzhou is very interesting, which not only confirms Your Majesty's suspicions, but also shows that there are deep contradictions between them. ”

"Hehe, this is interesting, tell me about it!" Zhao Yu was interested when he heard it, and moved his buttocks and said.

"Ali Hague sent an envoy to contact to discuss the matter of coordination, and asked the Guangzhou side to send troops first to divert our Haikou naval army. This caused Liu Shen's dissatisfaction, thinking that Ali Hague was using himself and taking great risks for this, so he was willing to cooperate, and said that he had instigated the capital; However, Chen Yi was greedy for life and afraid of death, and in order to prevent being used as a scapegoat, he insisted that without the cooperation of Guangzhou, he could not guarantee that he would be able to break through the interception of the Haikou naval army and send the landing fleet to the beachhead. Zheng Huchen said.

"They all have their own thoughts, they are all worried about their own losses, and they want to let the other party stand up to the thunder. But it seems true that they are very jealous of us. And then how they play with the heart. Zhao Yu smiled when he heard this. In his heart, he secretly sighed that his psychological quality was still too poor, so that he doubted his judgment and hesitated at a critical time.

According to the news from Chen Yi's side, he wanted to postpone the departure time, and when the Guangzhou army marched to Qizhouyang and entered a stalemate with our army's interception fleet, they would launch a landing battle; And Liu Shen was even more ruthless, he wanted to wait for the Leizhou Army to launch a landing battle, when our naval army returned to help, he would sneak across Qizhou Ocean and quickly go to Zhancheng. Zheng Huchen said.

"This battle is difficult to fight, he is waiting for him, he is waiting for him, and no one on either side is in front, what can we do?" Zhao Yu spread out his hands and said with a wry smile when he heard this.

"Your Majesty, all the armies are waiting for the rest of the day, but the enemy army is delayed, and after a long time, it will not only slack off, but also be extremely tired, affecting morale, which is very unfavorable to our army!" Zheng Huchen also led his troops to fight, of course, he knew that the bowstring was always broken, and it would be unusable after a long time, so he was quite worried.

"Yes, if you are not afraid of thieves, you are afraid of thieves, and it is not a matter of preventing thieves every day. They hesitate to come, we have to find a way to make them feel at ease to attack. Zhao Hao touched his chin and nodded thoughtfully, pondered for a moment and asked, "Are there still enemy spies on the island now?" ”

"Your Majesty, this is ......" The little emperor's question made Zheng Huchen very embarrassed, saying that it was his own dereliction of duty, how could it be possible if he didn't? I didn't know how to answer for a while, and I didn't say it for a long time.

"Hehe, I'm stupid to ask this question, we have a curfew every day here, and the strait is blocked, and even if there is, it is difficult to pass on the news!" Zhao Hao looked at Zheng Huchen's helplessness and embarrassment, and soon understood that his question was meaningless, patted his head and smiled.

"Does Your Majesty want to use counter-tricks to pass on false information, so that they will misjudge and obey Your Majesty's transfer!" Zheng Huchen is also a smart person, so he reacted immediately and asked tentatively.

"That's what I mean, and since they are suspicious of each other, we have helped them make up their minds. However, time is urgent, and it is not easy to succeed! Zhao Yu frowned and said......

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Seeing that the date suitable for landing operations was missed day by day, Ali Hague was in a hurry, and his back molars were swollen. The messenger sent by himself had already sent back the news, saying that the instigation of Du and Liu Shen had agreed to cooperate with their landing operation, and decided to set sail for Champa on the 9th, and according to the distance between the two places, it was estimated that they should arrive in the waters of Qizhou Ocean in the early morning of the 12th, but the sentinel ships that could be sent to contact reported that because of the bad weather, the fleet could only temporarily anchor in Leizhou Bay to avoid the wind, and if they could not wait, they could launch an attack first, and there was no need to wait.

Ali Hague received a report that his blood pressure increased due to anger, and although he did not have a cerebral hemorrhage, he had a long nosebleed. The bride on his side has entered the door, and the guests have arrived, but the cook can't come, what should I do about the happy event? You don't have to think much to guess that the instigation is playing tricks, and you don't want to be a 'bait', but you want to be a pioneer. But Chen Yi refused to live or die, if he insisted that unless he wrote a document to prove that once he failed, the responsibility would be on himself, otherwise even if he was killed, he would not move troops.

As a result, Ali Hague has become a meat bun, and now that the landing troops have gathered in various ports in Leizhou, such a large military movement cannot be concealed for much time. Once the Song army found out, it would inevitably send troops to attack and harass, and if it missed the time, it would have to wait for another month, and the 100,000 army had a heavy consumption of eating, drinking, and Lasa, and it was very difficult to requisition grain and grass locally.

"Du Shuai, Chen Wanhu has an urgent military intelligence report!" Just as Ali Hague was anxiously covering his cheeks and turning around, a personal soldier came in and said.

"This mourning crow, let him in!" Although Ali Hague was very dissatisfied with Chen Yi, it was the time to employ people at this time, so he let him in after thinking about it.

"Du Shuai, there is an important discovery in the lowly position!" After Chen Yi saw the salute, he took out a piece of paper from his arms and handed it over.

"Where did this come from, is it reliable?" Ali Hague asked as he stood up abruptly after seeing it.

"Du Shuai, this morning he led the army to patrol the sentry, and found a drowned corpse of a Song soldier on the coast, and he found a wax pill from him, opened it and found this, so he quickly came to report to Du Shuai." Chen Yi replied.

"You can inspect it yourself, won't there be a fake?" Regarding Chen Yi personally leading the army to patrol the outpost, Ali Hague was one hundred and eighty unbelievers, so he reconfirmed.

"Du Shuai, I have seen it myself, the drowned corpse is wearing the Song Shuijun uniform, and the name on the badge is consistent with the waist tag it carries, and it shows that its identity is the messenger under the tent of the Pushui camp in Haikou. According to the time on the letter, he should have sailed to Fucheng after dark to deliver the letter, but because he got lost on the way, or the ship capsized and could not deliver the letter, he fell into the water and drowned, and his body was washed up on our side by the tide. Chen Yi replied.

"Don't you think there's a fraud in it? How could it be that at this time, there happened to be a corpse carrying a secret letter floating in front of our eyes! Ali Hague still thinks that what happened is too coincidental, and still doesn't believe it.

"Du Shuai, the humble post sends people to observe the direction of the sea current every day, according to the estimation of the time of the rising and low tide, the corpse will just drift to the direction of our Leizhou, even if someone wants to cheat, it is difficult to calculate so accurately, and our soldiers patrol the coast day and night, it is impossible for them to send the corpse ashore!" Chen Yiyan said.

"So, the Song army has discovered the arrival of the capital fleet, and has transferred all the Baisha sailors to the sea to prepare for the attack?" Ali Hague said after two turns.

"True or false, we'll know if we try it!" Chen Yi saw that Ali Hague was still skeptical, and suggested......