One. What is most urgent at the moment? Party strife?

After hearing this, Empress Dowager Yang made a decision, and then a smile bloomed: "Zhuqing, please get up, give a seat, give tea,"

Empress Dowager Yang immediately asked Lu Xiufu: "Prime Minister, take the most troubles, I am Ru'anzhi!" What is the sin of sorrow? ”

Zhang Shijie preemptively said: "For today's plan, the most troublesome person is none other than the pseudo-Yuan siege!" ”

Lu Xiufu said: "Since it's a war, why don't you ask Manager Zhou?" ”

Zhou Wenying frowned and said cautiously:

"Actually, today, because of the appearance of the Venerable Master, the disguise of the pseudo-Yuan has been exposed today.

Their deployment was exposed in advance, although only an hour or two in advance, but for a large war of hundreds of thousands of people, the difference was already very large.

I have 200,000 soldiers in the Great Song Dynasty, and the pseudo-Yuan claims to have 500,000; But I have more than 1,400 large ships, and the pseudo-Yuan has only more than 400; Therefore, in today's war, our army and soldiers did not suffer losses, and there were local three ships against one ship, or even four ships against one ship.

The arson of the pseudo-yuan boat was prevented by my heroic soldiers with poles and water.

Then, there must be a battle tomorrow.

However, in today's battle, the pseudo-yuan will inevitably know their tactics, and it will be difficult to work, so tomorrow will inevitably change the tactics.

Night battles are not advantageous for the pseudo-yuan, after all, we have a large fleet, and we defend our home and country, and our fighting spirit is high.

Our personnel are dense, and any enemy attack will be easily detected. ”

Zhang Shijie said: "Manager Zhou said it well, so as long as we can't stick to it, the pseudo-yuan will be defeated!" ”

Lu Xiufu said: "Brother Shijie Nian said well, well, but, in your opinion, in your opinion, if this is the most troublesome, what is it?" ”

Zhou Wenying gritted her teeth, knelt down to the Queen Mother, and said earnestly: "The Queen Mother, Prime Minister, Taifu, Weichen has the courage to ask for the life of the soldiers, and also for the war, please forgive the ministers for their disrespectful mistakes!" ”

Zhang Shijie said: "Zhou Wenying, what are you doing?" ”

Manager Zhou took a few steps forward: "Queen Mother...... Dowager...... If this continues, the last combat strength of our Great Song Dynasty will be as short as one day, two days, and no longer than five or six days, and it will inevitably run out of oil. ”

Zhang Shijie stood up and pointed at Zhou Wenying with his finger: "Zhou Wenying, aren't you stupid, today's battle is showing that our division is strong, and the pseudo-yuan is attacking frantically, but it is just the end of the road." ”

Manager Zhou continued to walk a few steps to the Queen Mother's knees, almost under the Queen Mother's chair: "Queen Mother, I didn't want to destroy the prestige of our army like this and increase the enemy's morale. ”

Lu Xiufu was afraid of the atmosphere, so he wanted to make peace with the mud: "Wenying, you have a meritorious role in defending the city today, don't put too much pressure, everyone knows the difficulties." ”

Zhou Wenying said:

"No, Lu Xianggong, do you know that the officers and soldiers in the army, less than 100 households, have no fresh water to drink, and now half of the sergeants have been serving cakes with seawater in the morning, and half of them have been on the 5th.

Today's battle of the pseudo-Yuan Zhang Hongfan is not in a hurry, and as the sun is approaching, the whole line retreats to the original defense line, not a rout, not a rout.

In a certain opinion, this Zhang Hongfan is to strangle us and others.

Zhang Hongfan has actually surrounded Yashan on all sides, and the waterways and land routes have all been cut off.

According to the art of war, Zhang Hongfan's 500,000 army, whether it is surrounded by three or missing one, or crushed by the whole territory, makes sense.

But in fact, Zhang Hongfan did not choose a tactic that seemed to be suitable for them.

Zhang Hongfan surrounded on all sides, allowing some materials to infiltrate into our Yashan, but either seized, or cut off, or poisoned and polluted the water source, at the same time, inside the Yashan, there was no onslaught, and the siege of Yashan was impermeable. In a few days, the soldiers will be able to fight by themselves for drinking water, and the pseudo-yuan will be able to profit as much as possible. ”

Zhang Shijie said: "Zhou Wenying, have you said enough, Zhang Hongfan's army of 500,000 has a huge amount of grain and grass, which is not conducive to a long-term war, and my army and people in the Great Song Dynasty have the same desire, and the grain and grass on the island have been stored for more than half a year, and the weight of weapons and baggage is not counted......."

Zhou Wen was speechless, his hands trembled for a long time, and he didn't squeeze out words.

Yang Yu said softly: "The Queen Mother, all the ministers of the humerus, each show loyalty, in the end, it is all for the sake of the imperial court, since the Venerable Master has just proposed to give us a verification, why not ask the Venerable Master to overturn the sea and the sky and destroy the Northern Barbarians." ”

Zhou Wenying was angry at this moment, and almost took the word "shut out", swallowed, and struggled to say: "Queen Mother, Queen Mother, Rong Chen, in a word, today's naval battle, my Great Song Dynasty soldiers, have not yet been defeated, and they can still fight tomorrow, these 200,000 soldiers and civilians, the most important worry at present, is Qing Shui, Qing Shui's foot, tomorrow's combat power can be increased by two percent, no, three percent, three percent." ”

Empress Dowager Yang looked at Lu Xiufu: "Lu Aiqing, what do you think?" ”

Two. The one who destroyed the Great Song Dynasty was not Zhang Hongfan, but Zhang Shijie

Lu Xiufu thought for a while, picked up Zhou Wenying, and said: "Wen Yingxian's nephew, about drinking water, half a month ago, you were mentioning it, ten days ago, you came to complain again, five days ago, you went to the old man, begging bitterly, today, mention this soldier seawater cake, you honestly tell the old man, is this true or false, how much impact does it have?" ”

Zhou Wenying's eyes widened, and she was extremely sad and indignant: "Lu Xianggong, do you see that in this temple today, how many people are among the soldiers, among the people, and eat and water with the soldiers?" ”

Zhang Shijie shouted: "Nephew Wen Yingxian, are you also talking about the Queen Mother and the Emperor?" ”

Zhou Wenying knelt down helplessly:

"Taifu, you said that you want to prevent the soldiers from running out of water, and you let the boat be locked and merged, so that there is no escape......

Do you know that this method can only use a soldier and a mouthful of water, a mouthful of food, and a mouthful of air;

If you can't drink a sip of water, you can't spill a drop of urine, your stomach is bloated like a bulge, and you almost want to go crazy, at that time, you will be killing each other.

At most, the puppet yuan can defeat my 200,000 army, but it cannot completely annihilate my 200,000 soldiers and civilians.

Taifu, there is no water to drink, only sea water to quench your thirst, as long as the pseudo-Yuan Zhang Hongfan surrounds the cliff mountain, he will never move, he can let all our sergeants and family members fend for themselves, no more than one month, extinction!

This is a desperate plan, I am a disciple of Taimiao, Taixue, and saints, and the military books and war strategies are not written!!

My Great Song Dynasty is now fighting with the pseudo-Yuan, it is a war to destroy the country, how can it be so corrupt!

The one who will destroy the Great Song Dynasty in the future will not be Zhang Hongfan, but you Zhang Shijie! ”

After shouting, Zhou Wenying cried loudly, and couldn't stop crying for a while, Zhou Wenying cried and said:

"Today, the Venerable Master came out of the sea, the enemy ships pursued, I had four loaches, four tiger wings, where 2,000 soldiers attacked, I had ten thousand households under my hands, more than 200 people and horses from the headquarters were strong soldiers, Sima commanded the thirteen Taibao, no more than an hour before and after, all of them suffered more than half of the casualties, and they were recaptured, the boy bled without tears, and the horse leather shroud was originally the place where the warriors returned, there is nothing to say.

But the Queen Mother, more than half of the sergeants are now dying because of thirst, and they die not by the enemy's sword, but at the hands of our own people. ”

Zhang Shijie was angry:

"Zhou Wenying, it's Zhang Hong's range of city Tianjing, and it's not me, you are biting randomly!

If it weren't for my serial plan, I'm afraid the morale of the army would have been dispersed long ago.

How many people are left today? Thirty thousand? Or fifty thousand? Isn't that still uncapable of competing with pseudo-elements? ”

Zhou Wenying said:

"Then why is the morale of the army scattered?! It's not that one general is incompetent and exhausts the three armies! ”

Lu Xiufu said:

"Nephew Wen Yingxian, how can you say that about Uncle Shijie?

Do you know that Zhang Shijie and Zhang Hongfan have an old relationship, if they are greedy for power and wealth, greedy for life and afraid of death, they can have been with Zhang Hongfan a long time ago, high-ranking officials have to ride horses, how can they resist desperately?

As you said, my Great Song Dynasty rules the world with benevolence and righteousness, the pseudo-Yuan is reckless, and we don't care too much about some military books and war strategies, that is also to make people, we must not do things that hurt the enemy, Wen Ying...... Nephew ......"

Zhou Wenying said bitterly:

"Lu Xianggong, Mrs. Zhang, Queen Mother, I see a good son every day, sacrificing his life for the country, so humiliated, I... I...... I feel bitter in my heart, and I can't replace it with my body! If my flesh and blood can be turned into clear water, I would like to donate my body immediately, but there is no way to enter, instead... Whereas... No! ”

Empress Dowager Yang was also silent, only Zhou Wenying's sobbing sound for a while, leaning slightly, the Empress Dowager asked:

"Taifu, Prime Minister, what is the situation of the soldiers as far as you know?"

Lu Xiufu said:

"This, this, like Mr. Zhou, the minister is afraid."

Empress Dowager Yang looked at Zhang Shijie again, and Zhang Shijie said helplessly:

"Empress Dowager Bing, since our army retreated to Yashan, many important ministers hoped to directly attack the pursuing fleet of the pseudo-Yuan at the mouth of Yamen.

However, our army is newly defeated, its foothold is not stable, and if the attack is fruitless, it will inevitably collapse.

As a result, Zhang Hongfan was treacherous and abnormal, and from the eastern waterway, the detachment went north, bypassed Yashan Island, controlled our northern exit, and blocked the sea;

Our army has half a year's grain crops, which is not to be feared, but the puppet yuan has abundant troops, they besiege but do not attack, encroaching on the exit and passage of Yashan to the east, Wen Ying has reported many times, the waterway is cut off, and the puppet yuan fills the well and poisons it.

Yashan Island was originally not very big, 200,000 soldiers and civilians, daily drinking water and cooking, at least two catties, that is, 400,000 catties, the wells under our control, the quality is not good, the quantity is not much, this is also there. ”

Zhou Wenying became excited:

"Queen Mother, the sergeants exercise and defend every day, and their physical strength is heavy, even if they only count drinking water, two catties a day is not enough, this is not counting cooking, four catties a day is not enough to meet normal physiology, and laundry;

The soldiers washed their clothes in the sea water every day or did not wash their sweaty bodies, and they were still fine for a few days, but after a long time, their skin, hands and feet were cracked, and the sea water soaked again, and the blood flowed endlessly, and it was difficult to close their mouths, and after they got sick, they needed water even more.

Queen Mother, if you calculate, it is 4 catties a day, and 800,000 catties a day.

I went to count, the best well on the island, for the queen mother, the emperor, the privy minister more than 20 nobles, but it is only enough to drink, cook, laundry, no more, it is already powerless, the bottom of the well is mixed, salty water rises.

There are no more than 40 wells with water veins, only drinking water, only cooking, and each well can supply 100 to 150 people on average, but it can solve 4,000 to 6,000 officials and their dependents.

The rest are brackish wells near the beach, there are more than 200 wells, the salt water wells produce a large amount of water, but the salt content is already very high, only cooking, each well, can supply 500 to 600 people, and then solve 100,000 people, this kind of water can not be drunk for a long time.

There are still 100,000 people, and they can't drink it anyway, and the newly dug well, even if it is a well behind the clay, the water can't be swallowed, but just make up a number and talk about it.

Queen Mother, you can ask, in addition to the nobles, the Liu Liu clan standing next to you is in charge, Sister Wenjuan, Medical Officer Su, and Ma Baihu, which one drinks sweet water? ”

The Queen Mother asked:

"How many of you, do you drink sweet or salty water?"

Ma Baihu said:

"Back to the Queen Mother, the Great Inner Forbidden Army, five days ago, there was no sweet water, but compared with the soldiers on the ship, it is really heaven and earth, and Weichen does not dare not report it according to the truth."

Medical Officer Su laughed dryly:

"Returning to the Queen Mother, now the daily diagnosis and treatment of the lower officials, half of them are caused by drinking salty water, and the lower officials can also drink semi-salty water, but I heard that if it doesn't rain, I'm afraid I will have to drink salty water tomorrow. The point is that people who drink salty water are sick, and there is no medicine to treat them, even if they want to treat them, they must also have water to boil medicine. The Queen Mother, many of these soldiers who drank salt water and got sick took the initiative to ask to attack on the front line...... Indeed...... Heroic. ”

The Queen Mother asked, "Sister Liuliu?" ”

Liu Liu hurriedly bowed down and said:

"Don't dare to ask the Queen Mother, Liu Liu is in charge of the nurse, the nurse can't drink salty water, a drink not only back the milk, but also some of the milk can't drink, hurt the child, today's sweet water of the nurse is also halved, Liu Liu herself, drink... Half... Salt water. ”

Sister Wen Wan went on to say directly:

"Empress Dowager Bing, the lower officials are in charge of the maids, and the maids do not have to produce milk, so, therefore, they have been drinking semi-salty water for ten days, and they still have to work, and those who are sick have three or four percent, and there is one, and they have menstrual affairs, but they can't get down, and the pain is terrible, saying that they went to the toilet at night and fell to death, in fact, in fact, they couldn't bear the pain, and they died by throwing stones......"

Three. Let's talk to someone about Shimizu

Empress Dowager Yang's eyes were a little moist:

"Manager Zhou, you are now also the deputy envoy of the privy council, this matter, the mourning family will entrust you, my good man of the Great Song Dynasty and their thousands of family members, support my emperor, don't let them suffer as hard as they do. This is the fault of the mourning family and the emperor. ”

Everyone knelt down in unison: "Queen Mother"

Empress Dowager Yang asked again:

"What kind of water is the water given to the Venerable Master?"

Liu Liu Yifang said:

"The water that was used to warm the Venerable Master's body at the beginning was disposed of by Medical Officer Su."

Su Zhengqing said:

"Empress Dowager Bing, that bucket of water is the clear water that Sima Tong gave to the sergeant for treatment, because it is necessary to boil medicinal materials, so it is good water."

Liu Liu Yifang said:

"It was the water that the Venerable Master brought to drink, and he didn't know the value of the Venerable Master at that time, so it was brackish water."

Empress Dowager Yang sighed: "Alas"

Liu Liu Yifang said:

"However, the Venerable Master drank very little water, and Doctor Su arranged the purple river car twisted juice and the wet nurse's **, so I think it is okay. Otherwise, I am afraid that the Venerable Master would not have been able to wake up so quickly. ”

Empress Dowager Yang said, "I know, those who do not know are not guilty, and if the Venerable Master is a great master, he will definitely not be blamed." Prime Minister, Taifu, I think we will follow the urgency of the commander of the soldiers and horses to see if I can ask for someone to solve the problem of clean water for our army and people first, even if it is fresh water. My royal family will not be stingy with any offerings. ”

Zhang Shijie said:

"The Queen Mother has handled it very properly, and for the sake of today's plan, it is best to invite the Venerable Master to come here to discuss the cabin and discuss the worries in person."

Lu Xiufu said:

"What the Master said is very good, but now, on the one hand, in terms of etiquette, if the Venerable Master really has the ability to fetch water, we are a little slow in this way.

On the other hand, if the Venerable Master is not genuine, or if his mana is limited and he has not yet tested the authenticity, the royal face will inevitably be damaged.

If the old minister chooses, he would rather go in secret, speak earnestly, and truthfully inform the royal prestige and the worries of the people.

Even ....."

Empress Dowager Yang said:

"Or even what?"

Lu Xiufu said:

"The Venerable Master's words are very sophisticated, quite ancient, I heard Du Zhangzhi say, when the Venerable Master returned to his soul, the words he spoke were quite different from my dynasty, the Venerable Master heard a few nurses, so he adjusted the accent of the nurses, and all the masters followed the Venerable Master to pass on the words of the Queen Mother, and the Venerable Master used elegant words, which is not an ordinary person."

Zhou Wenying asked: "Prime Minister, what is this?" ”

Lu Xiufu said:

"If he is coming back to Huaxia, how can he be a person with a small belly and chicken intestines, he will definitely see everything and penetrate people's hearts, and we will be the best if we are truthful."

Empress Dowager Yang said:

"In that case, set up the forest man's cave mansion."

Four. Is there really a Venerable Master who can turn the sea into water?

Lin Shangren's ship has now been driven to a place not far from the queen mother's ship, not next to each other on all sides, only sea water, throwing the stone anchors in front and behind, and two yachts, swimming around on guard.

Before Liu Liu Yifang took charge of the people and left, he arranged for Ma Baihu to go to the tail feathers of chickens and ducks, and arranged for Hui Niang and Zhen Niang to help guard the door and pass things; Ma Baihu asked his subordinates to go to the kitchen of the camp to find Lingmao, and more than a dozen fast horses galloped away.

After a while, the various exploration horses came back one after another with a bunch of chickens, ducks, geese and even sparrows.

Ma Baihu lined up a bunch of tail feathers on the desk and carefully checked it.

An extremely young driver asked, "Commander, what is this for, mysterious?" ”

Ma Baihu opened his dry lips: "I don't know, maybe, it should be very important." ”

The young driver said, "How important is it?" Can you and I drink sweet water? Able to make the enemy retreat? ”

Ma Baihu said: "Xicai, you are a child of the family, right?" ”

The young driver said: "I am a child of a family, I am the sixth son of the concubine, the military industry, the title, the family property, the trade, are all backwards, my mother is favored by my father, but I am better than my eldest brother and second brother, a eldest son, a sister-in-law, they don't like me, so I have to learn martial arts, learn martial arts, I can't compete with them for family property." I didn't even give my father's surname, so I followed my mother's Tu family, so I became Tu Xicai"

Ma Baihu said: "It's better than me, you said, a sailor who suddenly appeared in the sea, spent more than 2,000 people to save him, and also found dozens of nurses Gong'e, and we are both guards, according to your knowledge, who should be counted?" ”

The young driver Tu Xicai sat down: "Oh, this is unusual, it's hard to deduce." ”

Ma Baihu said: "Even you can't guess? ”

Tu Xicai scratched his head: "Well, I'm also well-informed, according to common sense, this should be at least worth ten thousand households, noble?" Do you want to do fine work? And then sneak back? Ten thousand households have not done this kind of work. ”

Ma Baihu said: "Well, then let me tell you a little more thing, do you want to hear it?" ”

Tu Xicai said: "I would like to hear about it." ”

Ma Baihu said: "I heard that all the female officials in the palace were in charge, and they called him the Venerable Master. ”

Tu Xicai said, "Ah, really, this is interesting, the Venerable Master, is it a monk, is it a Taoist, is it a Confucian, is it a Fa, or is it a hundred schools?" Miscellaneous?. ”

Ma Baihu said: "Well, then let me tell you a little more thing, do you want to hear it?" ”

Tu Xicai said: "Of course. ”

Ma Baihu said: "I also heard an ear, the female officials in the palace are in charge of Sister Liuliu, let us find the tail feather, send it to the outer cabin, and hand over to the two grandmothers, only see a jade pendant in charge of the capital, and then we must strictly guard the safety." ”

Tu Xicai said: "In this way, this must be a special pen, I remember that someone used to draw talisman seals with tail feathers, only the strokes of tail feathers, the thickness is consistent, and it can be delicately depicted." ”

Ma Baihu said: "The iron wire seal can also be painted with very fine and regular strokes." ”

Tu Xicai said: "You don't understand this, you don't understand it, the iron wire seal cares with a pen, and the tail feather uses a pen to breathe, everyone can use it, and if you use gas, it will be very different." ”

Ma Baihu said, "Look at the tail feathers that the brothers brought, which ones match what you said?" ”

Tu Xicai singled out a dozen or so roots: "I think these are good." ”

Ma Baihu said, "Xicai, thank you, I hope that our Venerable Master can turn the sea into water and accept your auspicious words." ”

Tu Xicai said: "Brother Ma, the Venerable Master who can turn the sea into water is rare, which ordinary half-immortals can't be." Forget it, if there is no clear water for a few more days, we will not be able to serve any Venerable Master. ”

Ma Baihu said: "Xicai, follow me to the outer cabin of the Venerable Master, and hand over the feathers."

Tu Xicai jumped up: "Okay, hey, by the way, Brother Ma, let's go to the Venerable, can you ask for a glass of water, don't you give me a drink, give Xiaoji that kid a drink, he can't do it when he sees it, brother ......"

Ma Baihu said: "I don't count what I said."

Tu Xicai said: "Okay then"

Outside the cabin of the Lin Shangren, Ma Baihu went outside the cabin, and saluted very respectfully: "Command Ma Desheng, send the Venerable Master a tail feather, please Mama to receive it", after speaking, he kept standing with his bow, and Tu Xicai also followed beside him.

The two women went out of the cabin door, and one of them took out a jade pendant: "Please check it." ”

Ma Baihu inspected the jade pendant and said, "It is the one who is in charge of the rule, and the official will bring the tail feather, Xicai, to Mama." ”

Tu Xicai handed over the eleven tail feathers to one of the grandmothers.

Mama said, "It's hard work. "Turn around and get into the cabin.

"Wait," Tu Xicai said suddenly, and then, without waiting for Mama to ask, he hurriedly said, "Mama, can you please ask someone to give me a pot of water, our team is about to die." ”

The two grandmothers did not speak, turned and went into the cabin, and closed the cabin door.

Ma Baihu looked at Yan Xicai with disgust: "Xicai, you're too anxious, I know you're good with Xiaoji, hey, forget it." ”

Xicai said: "If you don't say it, you won't have a chance." ”

After saying that, the two of them sat sullenly on the deck.

The hatch opened, and Mama handed Ma Baihu a leather bag and said, "Commander, this is the clear water that the Venerable Master has given you, and the Venerable Master said that if you want a liter of water, that's all you need, but if you want thousands of liters of sweet water, go to the skilled craftsmen and fireworkers in the copper and iron shop." ”

Tu Xicai jumped up, amazed, and hurriedly grabbed Mama's hand, and asked eagerly, "Does the Venerable Master really say thousands of liters of clear water?" ”

Mama didn't hurriedly shake off Tu Xicai's hand, but looked at Tu Xicai and said sincerely: "The Venerable Master said, thousands of liters, more than tens of thousands of liters, if you want to save people who eat seawater, you can also go to find beans, any beans, and stone mills, go quickly." ”

After Mama finished speaking, she went back and closed the hatch.

Xicai didn't say a word, and slapped Ma Baihu's face: "Why doesn't it hurt?" Am I in a dream? ”

Ma Baihu didn't say a word, and slapped Xicai's face: "Dog day Xicai, you hit me in the face, it's okay, I'll give it back to you, double." ”

Xicai said: "Brother Ma, did you hear it, a lot of clear water, and it can also save the brothers who eat badly, Brother Ma, this is not a dream, ha, it must not be"

Ma Baihu patted Xicai's hat: "Hurry up and gather the brothers, the brothers on duty all get up and go to work immediately." ”

Xicai said: "With this bag of water, all the brothers in the five capitals can be called."

Ma Baihu hurriedly grabbed Xicai: "Happy, happy, don't disturb the Venerable"

Hee Cai ran away and said, "I can save it." ”