Tuoba Shen, Li Biao, Jiang Shaoyou, Yu Zhong and others worshiped Xiao Zhen outside the Guangmo Gate, then got into the carriage, and waited until the accompanying courtiers of the Southern Dynasty got on the horses and set off, and then went to the North Chi Road in turn.

On the Beichi Road, Xiao Chen's building is in the middle of the imperial road, serving as a servant, the regular attendant and the imperial military minister are guarding both sides with swords on horseback, and the great Sima Xiao Wei and the leading general Shen Wenji are each divided into left and right to lead the team forward.

This Beichi Road was built in the Liu Song Dynasty and is divided into three parts: left, middle and right, and the Zhongchi Road will only be used when the emperor goes out on a tour, and Tuoba Shen's carriage will follow on the left. Because of the cramped carriages and horses, coupled with the presence of the emperor, in order to keep the queue so the speed is not fast, until two moments later, it is not until two moments later that it bypasses Jilong Mountain to reach the long causeway of Xuanwu Lake, which is built uninterrupted for more than 200 years since Sun Wu, and has been quite large-scale at this time. At this time, the Xuanwu Lake is wider and deeper than the Xuanwu Lake in Nanjing, and the amount of water it accumulates is extremely huge.

As soon as he turned to the causeway, a cool breeze blew from the lake, and Tuoba Shen looked sideways at the surface of Xuanwu Lake. Xuanwu Lake under the moonlight gives people a very different feeling, although the moon shadow in the water is not visible due to the orientation, but the width and distance of the lake still make people feel comfortable. From time to time, there are bursts of cranes chirping in the reeds in the lake, and the sound of water birds screaming and hitting the water is also heard from more than a dozen boats on the lake and the oasis in the lake in the distance, bringing a different atmosphere to the quiet Xuanwu Lake in the early morning.

"Li Micheng has seen the Southern Dynasty Boat Master parade martial arts, is the Southern Dynasty's boat ship such a scale?" Tuoba Shen asked, pointing at the boat ship in the distance on the lake

Li Biao stared at the boats on the lake, shook his head and said: "The Southern Dynasty Boat Division that Xia Guan saw last time has five types of boats and ships, and the largest ones are more than 100 steps long. The smaller one can only be multiplied by a few people. The big boat is heavy and difficult to travel, but the small boat is fast and can be used to attack the enemy, or it can be attacked by fire. The boat in this lake is not as good as the building ship and is far better than the boat. It is said that the number of ships inside and outside Jiankang can reach 100,000 in size. During the Yuan Jianian, the official army of the Holy Dynasty was in the river, Liu Yilong was in Caizhou, and Chen Zhou was camped for more than 600 miles. In the second year of Taihe, Shen Yuzhi was based in Jingzhou, and on the day of the army, he called himself 30,000 boats and ships. Although I don't know the number of true or false, it is enough to see the victory of the Southern Dynasty Boat Division, and the Holy Dynasty is far beyond it. After all, this lake is not the ratio of river water, even if there is more Chen Zhouji, there can be geometry, and how can the lake water be compared to the rapids in the river. is to read the boatmaster in the lake, and the harvest is not much. ”

Tuoba Shen casually tore off a willow leaf that hung down to the side of the car, and said: "From Li Gong's point of view, if this dynasty wants to rejuvenate the boat division, what are the difficulties? Can it be solved? ”

"On the day of the Emperor Shizu of this dynasty, he began to govern the boat division, but on that day, the territory did not reach Qilu, and the boat division was trapped in the river and could not go to the south of the Yangtze River, and the use of transporting grain was more than water warfare. And the northerners are not good at boating, which is the limit of the sky, and it is really difficult to compete with the south of the Yangtze River on the water. Jiangnan Boat Division, recruit more people near the water, and Jingyang Huai Yu water flow dense, everyone is proficient in water, a little experience can be better than the Holy Dynasty. Since the return of Qingqi, the new army governed by the dynasty in Qi is not allowed to take the two places of Qingji in the Southern Dynasties, Yuzhou (in Lianyungang, during the period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, many places east of Lianyungang City are still below the sea level) The enemy is not broken, and the two states of Qingji are not taken, and the boat division of this dynasty can only tour the coast and the river (Yellow River). Xia Guan thought that if he could take all the remnants of Huaibei in the Southern Dynasty (Qingzhou, Jizhou and Northern Yanzhou in Huaibei in the Southern Dynasty), take Yuzhou as the base, and recruit the people of Huai'an for strict training, he might be able to compete with the Southern Dynasty. ”

After listening carefully, Tuoba nodded silently.

What Li Biao said is exactly where the difficulties of this dynasty lie. The Yellow River is different from the Yangtze River, the Yellow River will freeze and break off every winter, and every spring and summer, the ice and snow in Qinghai, Sichuan and other places in the upper reaches will melt, and there will be floods in the downstream, and in severe cases, it will even burst the embankment or divert because the water is too strong. These bad conditions determined that it was impossible to train a naval army in the Yellow River, let alone a naval army that could confront the Southern Dynasties. The water potential of the Yangtze River can be said to be roughly balanced, at least enough to ensure the training and operation of the navy, which is a geographical difference and cannot be compensated by manpower. The little water army trained in Hebei can only be used to transport grain, and even the Yuzhou defense area of the Southern Dynasty cannot break through, let alone run to the south of the Yangtze River. If you can get Yuzhou, recruit people who are familiar with water near Huaishui to join the army, and build a boat division in Yuzhou, over time, you must be able to train a naval army that can compete with the Southern Dynasties.

Yu Zhong saw that Tuoba Shen was silent, and saw Li Biao praising the momentum of the Southern Dynasty, and said, "Your Highness doesn't have to worry too much. Although the Daoyi Boat Division is prosperous, can it be on the road? This dynasty has millions of iron horses, and the whip is enough to cut off the stream, and these people who hide in rivers and fish and turtles do not come, and if they abandon the boat and land, they can be broken. ”

Tuoba listened carefully, and couldn't cry or laugh in his heart. This Yu Zhong is also a martial artist who rarely reads, and there is no need to say it in terms of force, but this allusion to "throwing the whip and breaking the stream" is about hearsay, and it is only said if you don't know it.

However, Nian Yuzhong was kind enough to comfort him, and Tuoba Shen did not dwell on this allusion. Looking at the boats on the surface of Xuanwu Lake, he said: "Yu Qing called the Southern Dynasty Daoyi, and the Southern Dynasty also scolded us for being a captive. I'm a guest here, so don't scold the host. When the southerners hear this, they are afraid that there will be strife, and it will be of no benefit to us. ”

Speaking of Suolu, the name of Daoyi also has its own allusions. Needless to say, Suo Lu refers to the old habit of the nation to braid hair. The word "Daoyi" comes from the phrase "Daoyi Huifu" in "Shangshu Yugong", which is the Yi people who live on the island. And specifically when it comes to the contemptuous name of the guide to the island, it also has a little relationship with the Xuanwu Lake in front of him.

Jiankang geographically has the Yangtze River in the east, there is (Qin) Huaishui in the south, there is Qingxi in the east, there is Xuanwu Lake in the north, because it has the advantage of being surrounded by water on all sides, after the establishment of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the city construction did not build the city wall because of this reason, but set up a wooden wall with bamboo and wood, the fence wall, every time there is a police incident in the Southern Dynasty court, the pontoon bridge will be cut off, and the waterfront fence will be guarded. At this time, Jiankang City is like an isolated island. This dynasty then quoted the word "Daoyi" in "Daoyi Huifu" to ridicule the Southern Dynasty.

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After walking for half an hour away from the shore of Xuanwu Lake, the brigade finally arrived at the Xuanwu Field about three miles away, and Xiao Zijing, the general of the Protector Army, who had arranged defense and other things in the Wuhorgang and the Xuanwu Field, also came to pick up the men and horses in advance, and after grinding on the road for a while, they finally arrived outside the Xuanwu Field defense area at dawn.