Now is the season of frequent wind and rain, Zhao Hao's fleet relied on its familiarity with the sea situation, took advantage of the wind direction day and night, and arrived ten miles outside the mouth of the Qiantang River eight days later to anchor and stop the ship. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

"Your Majesty, Jiang Chao is still more than an hour away, let's rest for a while!" Zheng Yong saw His Majesty standing on the deck of the top cabin, looking at the waning moon and frowning, pacing anxiously, and stepped forward to comfort.

"It's the beginning of the ugly hour, and in less than an hour the sky will dawn, and the forward regiment must set off, and we can't wait any longer!" Zhao Yu waved his hand.

"Your Majesty, although this Qiantang Dynasty is not the largest, it is also a huge wave, and the slightest mistake will destroy the boat. Besides, the water of the Yuhe River is shallow, and the big boat without the tide cannot reach the wharf of the mausoleum area. Zheng Yongda said urgently.

"No, after dawn, the whereabouts are exposed, the demon monk runs away or the dog jumps over the wall and burns the mausoleum area with a fire, won't we die a hundred times!" Zhao Yu still shook his head and said. He naturally knows that the tide of Qiantang is very strong, and later generations are also known as one of the three major tides in the country, almost every year to watch the tide has an accident, it is extremely dangerous to enter the estuary along the tide, but the plan is always unable to catch up with the change, if you can arrive two days earlier, you will not encounter this embarrassing problem.

According to Zhao Hao's plan, after the high tide, the fleet entered the estuary and entered the Zhedong Canal through the mouth of the Cao'e River. Zhedong Canal, also known as Hangzhou-Ningbo Canal, is a canal in Zhejiang Province, starting from Hangzhou in the west, passing through Shaoxing City, crossing the Cao'e River, and reaching the estuary of the Ningbo Yongjiang River in the east, with a total length of nearly 500 miles. The original part of the canal was the Shanyin Ancient Waterway located in Shaoxing, which was built in the Spring and Autumn Period. During the Western Jin Dynasty, Shi Hexun presided over the excavation of the Xixing Canal, and then formed a complete canal from the Qiantang River in the west to the East China Sea with the canal east of the Cao'e River.

The Southern Song Dynasty built the capital of Lin'an, and the Zhedong Canal became an important shipping channel at that time. From Shaoxing Dongjiayan through the river of the palace, for the main waterway to go to the Song Liuling, also known as the royal river. From Shaoxing Mansion through the Royal River to Song Liuling Palace, there are 30 miles of waterway, to the palace port landing, and then go six miles to the Mausoleum District. And from Haikou to enter the mausoleum area to pass through two water systems, and the water of the royal river is shallow, it is difficult to travel a big boat on weekdays, only with the help of the tide can enter the direct mausoleum area, so that personnel and materials can be sent directly to the mausoleum area, and quickly complete the preparations.

"Tell me to let the first brigade and one regiment quickly transfer to the dragon boat, and prepare to enter the river mouth, and I will go with me. You and Ni Liang command the fleet to join us immediately after the high tide. Inform Dong Yicheng to lead the fleet to turn around and implement the established battle plan! Time does not wait for others, Zhao Yu no longer talks to him, and orders directly.

"Your Majesty, this ......" Zheng Yong was a little stunned, and wanted to persuade again.

"What are you waiting for, herald!" Seeing Chen Dun snickering on the side, Zhao Yu shouted.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Chen Dun saw that His Majesty was coming at him again, and promised to run out to give orders one by one......

A quarter of an hour later, Zhao Yu got off the imperial ship and boarded the Sheji under the helpless and uneasy eyes of several subordinates, and in order to carry a regiment of men and horses and combat equipment, each dragon ship was stuffed with one hundred and eighty people. Then two columns were formed and quickly sailed along the mouth of the river, and under the full paddling of the oarsmen, the warship rowed through the water and drove rapidly, but the sound of the oars hitting the water was extremely abrupt, which made the smugglers nervous.

Zhao Yu seemed extremely calm, it was the time when the tide was coming, except for those who wanted to die, they would honestly hide in the port, and they would never come out to find this bad luck. The soldiers on board the ship are all veterans with actual combat experience, and they will never feel afraid because the war is about to start, and the nervousness is more to help themselves and sit on the boat, and the sound of paddling will amplify the tension infinitely.

Zhao Yu looked back at the fleet moored outside Haikou, the mast light on the Sheji was rapidly receding, in recent years he summed up a lot of experience from the actual combat of the dragon ship, and improved the dragon ship. He modified the square-nosed bow to a more streamlined pointed one, slightly upturned; The bottom and outboard sides of the boat are covered with copper to further reduce water resistance and corrosion; Then the tail rudder is changed to mechanical operation, and the rudder is moved to the command room, so that the operation is simpler and more accurate, and the command is direct and fast. This further increases the speed of the warship, and the steering is flexible and fast.

"Hold down the course and speed up!" The fleet sailed into the horn mouth, the mouth of the Qiantang River narrowed rapidly, and the speed of the tidal tide will be very fast, which is also one of the reasons for the formation of the Qiantang tide. And now they have to pass through this dangerous area quickly in a short time, otherwise they are likely to be shot to death under the huge waves, Zhao Yu looked at the sea chart and said.

"Your Majesty, the shallows here are dense, the line of sight is not good, and I am afraid that I will not be able to avoid it if the speed is too fast!" Wang Meng, the captain of the Warrior, was a little worried.

"If you don't want to be filmed dead on the embankment, you can only trust our spies, and this is also the data they obtained at the risk of their lives!" Zhao Yu said.

"Your Majesty, what if this ......" Wang Meng still hesitated.

"The more you live, the more you go back, raise the watchtower, and listen to my command!" Seeing this, Zhao Yu was furious, got up and went into the watchtower, and scolded.

"Speed up, overtake the ships!" At the same time as Zhao Yu gave the order, he turned the signal light to turn the two columns into one column, led by the Warrior, and each ship kept a distance of thirty paces and then followed.

"Left rudder three, pay attention to the port side!"

"There is a reef in front of the right, pay attention to avoidance, and the rear ship will hold down the track!"

"Right rudder five, right shoal, don't deviate from the course!" At this time, even if Zhao Yu was a commander and navigator, he was also a lookout, and he was also a watchman, constantly giving orders, and also sending signals to the rear ship.

"Commander Chen, can Your Majesty do it?" Tian Zhongqin, the commander of the first brigade of the Protector Army, led a regiment ashore, but seeing His Majesty commanding and dispatching the fleet in the dark at night, and nothing could be seen in the dark outside the ship, he couldn't help but ask Chen Dundao worriedly.

"Yes, Your Majesty is more comfortable as a captain than an emperor, he has been an emperor for a long time, don't worry!" Chen Dun raised his eyelids and glanced at the little emperor in the watchtower, pouting.

"Really?" Tian Zhong still didn't know the bottom of his heart, he couldn't see clearly from the outside at all, he relied on a nautical chart to navigate, and as far as he knew, His Majesty was also here for the first time, which was no different from a blind man riding a blind horse. But His Majesty still let the warship move at full speed, and if there was a slight mistake, something would happen to him, and his own death was a small matter, and the emperor couldn't afford to break his skin, so he still questioned.

"Don't worry, it's absolutely fine, if Your Majesty can't do it, the entire navy can't pick anyone to come!" Chen Dun said a little impatiently, "Since he fled from Lin'an ten years ago, he spent more time on the ship than on land in the first few years, and he is the most afraid of death, do you think Your Majesty will let him have an accident?" ”

"Well, there seems to be some truth in what you said......" Tian Zhong nodded, but seeing that Chen Dun closed his eyes again, it was not easy to say more. But he was still apprehensive in his heart, he was the Qiongzhou Army joined by Jiazi Town, and he knew that what Chen Dun said was true, but after all, His Majesty went out on his annual summer and winter patrols, and there were many fewer opportunities to go to sea, and even fewer opportunities to operate the boat himself......

"Enter the canal, all ships are on guard, ready for battle!" The fleet finally entered the canal from the mouth of the Cao'e River before the tide arrived, and the tide also came, although it was several miles away, but the thunderous tide could be heard, and at this time the boats on both sides of the canal were moored and ready to enter the sea, and they were all surprised to see such a strange fleet venture through, and poked their heads out to send them a few greetings such as 'madman' and 'stupid fork'. But Zhao Yu didn't dare to relax, who knew if there were official ships such as the Yuan army's patrol ships, so he ordered to enter the guard.

"Open the gun door and enter the gun emplacement!" Wang Meng didn't dare to slack off, and immediately ordered. Then the guns on both sides and the bow of the ship were opened, and the ballistas were all rolled out for positioning, winding, and loading the projectiles.

"Wang Meng, you come to replace me, this is really more exciting than fighting!" At this time, Zhao Yu ordered to put down the watchtower, and came out of it with a smile.

"Your Majesty, you are having a good time, but your subordinates are going to be scared to death!" Wang Meng hurriedly arranged for Guan Tongshou to succeed the emperor, wiping the sweat on his head and smiling bitterly.

"Don't be verbose, sink the enemy ship immediately when you find it, and after entering the imperial river, order the rear ship to blow up all the bridges along the way except for the last one, and drive all the ships in the imperial river, and destroy all those who resist, clear the channel, and a regiment of sappers to cooperate!" Zhao Hao then explained that there are five arched mausoleum bridges on the Yuhe River, which can be passed by small and medium-sized warships before lowering their sails, but large warships are about to be stopped, and the Yuhe waterway is much narrower than the canal, and the subsequent entry of the fleet will definitely be affected.

"Your Majesty, it's not appropriate to blow up the mausoleum bridge, right? At that time, the passage at the time of the sacrifice. Tian Zhong said with some hesitation.

"Do extraordinary things in extraordinary times, and you can rebuild them after they blow up!" Zhao Yu waved his hand and refused.

"Yes!" Wang Meng and Tian Zhong saluted in unison and immediately conveyed the order.

As the tide swelled and poured into the river, pushing up the water level of the river, the fleet accelerated again downstream, and finally arrived at the port of the palace when the day was bright. Then, under the response of the spies of the Bureau, the officers and soldiers of the first regiment quickly landed on the shore to start a cordon, and Zhao Hao then boarded the river bank surrounded by guards. There are still several miles away from the mausoleum, and there are many trees around, and the enemy soldiers did not expect that the Song army would rush thousands of miles to sneak into the mausoleum, but no one noticed it for a while, and the soldiers landed safely without bloodshed.

"Subordinate Liu Yan see Your Majesty!"

"Excuse me, it's been so hard for so many years!" Zhao Yu hurriedly picked up Liu Yi and looked up and down, speaking of which, the Shuaifu Army was sent to the Affairs Bureau to monitor Chen Yizhong at the beginning of the army, and went to Zhancheng with him, and in the following years, Chen Yizhong changed from high-spirited to depressed, and then returned to the dynasty without shame, and became a dead tiger. There was no need for his surveillance, so Liu Tong was transferred back to Lin'an as the head of the intelligence station, and he hadn't seen him for ten years.

"Your Majesty has also grown up......," Liu Yan said as he looked at the little emperor and wiped his tears. When he left, the little emperor was just a naughty boy around his knees, but now he is a young man, and he can't help but sigh with emotion.

"Now is not the time to talk, what is the situation in the mausoleum area right now?" Zhao Yu pulled him aside and sat down and asked.

"Your Majesty, after the demon monk forcibly broke into the cemetery, he commanded a group of people to steal and dig up the mausoleum of Emperor Lizong, and opened the coffin three days ago, looting all the property in the underground palace. Because there are Mongolian troops guarding the surrounding area, it is difficult for subordinates to get close, so they can only follow the instructions with the action team to provoke the people of the surrounding mausoleum villages to make trouble, and the demon monks may also have some scruples, so they will no longer dig openly during the day, and excavate the tomb of Emperor Duzong at night. Liu Yi briefly reported the current situation.

"Well, how many Yuan troops are stationed in the mausoleum area, and the thief is still in the mausoleum area?" Zhao Yu nodded and asked again.

"Your Majesty, there are about 500 Yuan troops in the mausoleum area, most of them are guarding the north gate of the mausoleum area, and the rest and the demon monks and their relatives live in the Taining Temple. The subordinates sent people to monitor day and night, and the demon monk did not leave Taining Temple yesterday, and the action team was deployed around the temple to assist His Majesty in capturing this thief. Liu Yan replied.

"Good!" Zhao Hao nodded and said, "Wang Meng, you lead the naval army to stay behind and take over the arrival of the brigade; Tian Zhong, you lead two battalions of soldiers to attack the defenders of the north gate, not to annihilate them all, but to seize the mausoleum area and quickly clear the enemy soldiers among them; The three battalions followed me to Taining Temple to capture the thief. Liu Yan, you send someone to lead, and cooperate with the action team! ”

"Subordinates obey orders!" The three of them saluted in unison.

The generals received their own orders, and Zhao Yu led a guard battalion and a battalion of the guards to Taining Temple under the guidance of Liu Yan, and the temple was not built in the mausoleum area, and the old Zhao family carried out demolition and drove people out. This temple was originally built in the period of Zhou Xiande, the first number of the city courtyard, and then changed to the Taoist Academy. In the first year of the Yasukuni Dynasty, Lu You's grandfather, the Taishi Lu Dian, worshiped Shangshu Zuocheng, please think that he was a merit institute and changed his name to Zhengci.

Later, the Song family moved south, and the Empress Dowager Meng died, when she chose a place to be buried. The mountain mausoleum made Yang Hua take a fancy to a ravine in the southeast of Shaoxing City, he stayed in Taining Temple for one night, felt very good about the landscape there, returned to Beijing and wrote an investigation report to Zhao Gou and said: "Taining Temple is surrounded by mountains on all sides, majestic and beautiful, the east is Qinglong Mountain, the south is connected to Ziyun Mountain, the west is close to Wufeng Mountain, the north is leaning on Lianwu Mountain, it is a piece of Feng Shui treasure land of the former Vermilion Bird, the rear Xuanwu, the left Qinglong, the right white tiger, the imperial mausoleum is built there, there are layers of mountain peaks arching each other, the green dragon and the white tiger defend, not only suitable for burying the bow and arrow of the first emperor, but also indicates the prosperity of the dynasty for thousands of years."

So Zhao Gou agreed to build a mausoleum area here, so that the Taining Temple on the old site became the royal mausoleum of the Southern Song Dynasty, and the Yongmao Mausoleum of Ningzong was built on the site of the Taining Temple. The relocation of the White Deer Mountain gave the name Taining Temple, as the Lingling Temple, turned into a royal temple. Not only does he enjoy all kinds of privileges, but he also operates a few businesses, and the scale is getting bigger and bigger, but he has raised a group of white-eyed wolves.

Zhao Hao felt that this might be the will of heaven in the dark, in order to build the imperial mausoleum occupied other people's territory, a hundred years later, these monks colluded with foreign races to destroy the entire imperial mausoleum, which can be described as the cycle of heavenly retribution. He pondered that he was also going against the sky, and he didn't know when the retribution would fall on his head......